Essay On Sea Lampreys

Have you ever consider how sea lampreys got in to the Great Lakes and how they destroy our Great Lakes? Are sea lampreys destroying our Great Lakes? If so how can we help stop them from eating fish and hurting people. Sea lampreys can be blood sucking monsters to people and fish. Be aware of sea lampreys when you are swimming or fish. There are three I will share with you today. The reasons are the food chain, killing fish and ruining people's career, and hurting people and killing fish.

The first reason is sea lampreys affecting the food chain in the Great Lakes. One reason why sea lampreys are affecting the Great Lakes food chain is they eat 40 lbs of fish or more in its life time. Another reason sea lampreys affect the Great Lakes food chain is because 40 to 60 percent mortality rate for fish attached by sea lampreys. The last reasons sea lampreys affect the Great Lakes food chain is in 1940s and 1950s, sea lamprey population became excessive in the Great Lakes, which contributed significantly to the collapse of fish species that ere an economic mainstay of a vibrant Great Lakes fishery. This is one reason sea lampreys are affecting the Great Lakes food chain. …show more content…
One reason that sea lampreys are killing so many fish is that sea lampreys feed on other fishes blood and tissue for food. Another reason sea lampreys kill so many fish is that they they will stay on a fish for hours, days, or weeks. The last reason that sea lampreys are killing so many fish is that they need food to survive so if they stick to big fish the population would go down as much because big fish are more likely to survive a sea lamprey attack. If a sea lamprey attacks a small fish it less likely to survive and die. So those are some of the reasons that a sea lamprey any