FWS - Sea Lamprey Database
Investment ID: 010-000001543
Overview
Program Title
FWS - Sea Lamprey Database
Description
Sea Lamprey database contains information critical to the delivery & evaluation of an integrated control program to manage invasive sea lamprey populations in the 5 Great Lakes and is the primary data repository for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. It was established in 1987 and has evolved since then. The database is managed by a database administrator at Marquette Biological Station. There is some geospatial data in the database, mainly coordinates for the different data types.
Type of Program
Non-major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
. The storage of data in this database not only documents the history of the SLCP since inception in 1953, it provides data to steer assessment and control of invasive sea lamprey populations in the Great Lakes in partnership with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC). Data are also used annually to provide information for critical evaluation of our program by both federal and state regulatory agencies to issue permits to allow sea lamprey control actions.