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Hammond Bay Biological Station
The Station
Hammond Bay Biological Station (HBBS), located near Millersburg, Michigan, is a field station of the USGS Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC). HBBS was established by congressional action in 1950 under initial supervision by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. HBBS was subsequently supervised by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife (1970) and US Fish and Wildlife Service (1971), finally joining the GLSC in 1993, which transferred to the USGS in 1996.
A sea lamprey (
Petromyzon marinus), one of the most destructive invasive species in the Great Lakes. Hammond Bay Biological Station was established to develop control measures for sea lamprey and conduct research to aid native fish restoration.