A Lamprey revival?

Fri, November 30, 2007
Posted in Alaska News

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.

View more (creepy) lamprey photos at Flickr (photos tagged with the word lamprey)

Tim Bodony, KIYU – Galena

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Comments

stephanie

lamprey eels suck

Tom Schimmel

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