Sea Lamprey Objective
•Reduce sea lamprey abundance to allow the achievement of other fish community objectives •Obtain a 75 percent reduction in parasitic sea lamprey by the year 2000 and 90 percent by year 2010 
•Fish community objectives are predicated on a high level of sea lamprey control. Lake trout are one of the primary targets of lamprey. The St. Marys River produces more sea lamprey than all Great lakes tributaries combined. The integrated pest control strategy developed for the St. Marys river and implemented the late 1990’s needs to be evaluated and maintained. Recent  US and Canadian budget increases for the GLFC should insure continued control on the St. Marys and other top larval producing streams across the basin.