Delivery of a successful Sea Lamprey Control Program depends upon bi-national, government-funded operations and research and is contingent upon public understanding of the need for the Program and its ecosystem and economic benefits. Changing social, political, regulatory, and climatological environments present a host of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats requiring an array of responses. Such responses include, but are not limited to basic and applied research, improvements in sea lamprey assessment and control, development of supplemental control methods, enhancing outreach to better educate the public on the role and importance of the Program, and continued commitment to rapid integration of newly developed and scientifically vetted technologies. Taking a retrospective look from the desired condition in 2040 generated by a high level environmental scan coupled with an analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, we charted a course to move towards that reality including eleven waypoints which we believe to be important. The desired condition, together with the waypoints, provide benchmarks against which Program delivery can be evaluated at the fourth Sea Lamprey International Symposium.

成功的海七鳃鳗控制计划的交付取决于两国政府资助的运营和研究，并取决于公众对该计划及其生态系统和经济效益的需求的理解。不断变化的社会、政治、监管和气候环境呈现出许多需要采取一系列应对措施的优势、劣势、机会和威胁。此类响应包括但不限于基础和应用研究、改进海七鳃鳗评估和控制、开发补充控制方法、加强宣传以更好地教育公众了解该计划的作用和重要性，以及持续致力于快速整合新开发和经过科学审查的技术。回顾 2040 年由高级环境扫描生成的理想条件，并结合对优势、劣势、机会和威胁的分析，我们制定了一条走向该现实的路线，其中包括我们认为很重要的 11 个航点。理想的条件以及航路点提供了基准，可以在第四届海七鳃鳗国际研讨会上评估项目交付。