A Lamprey revival?

Fri, November 30, 2007 
Posted in Alaska News

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Photos courtesy Kwik’pak Fisheries

A western Alaska fish buyer is trying to build a market for an ancient creature that might otherwise swim unnoticed at the bottom of icy rivers this time of year. The lamprey is a long, boneless fish that looks like an eel. Millions of them enter the Yukon and other major rivers this time of year to spawn.

Tim Bodony, KIYU – Galena

 
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Comments

  • stephanie
    lamprey eels suck
  • Do they taste like eel? Do they taste good? If you grind them up, will your dog enjoy eating them?

    They remind me of that movie "Dreamcatcher".
  • Barry
    not many knows about this fish.I came from Latvia where lamprey fish is delicasy It is fried and sore in wooden cask with jelly and sold in stores.
    Best way to it is with sauce of vinegar and mustard. Barry
  • Barry
    not many knows about this fish.I came from Latvia where lamprey fish is delicasy It is fried and sore in wooden cask with jelly and sold in stores.
    Best way to it is with sauce of vinegar and mustard. Barry
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