Marine lamprey

The marine Lamproie ( Petromyzon marinus ) is a Agnathe: a Vertebrate marine primitive which lives in the North Atlantic.

The marine lamprey does not have genuine jaws, but only one oral disc furnished with many points corneas and a short blade armed with two contiguous points. Its body is marbled. Its eyes are visible outside and it has two distinct dorsal fins.

She saw coast up to 110 m of depth and reproduces out of fresh water.

maximum Size of the male: 120 cm.
known maximum Weight: 2,5 kg.
known maximum Longevity: 9 years.

Consumption by the man

The marine lamprey is consumed in Europe (Bordeaux region, Portugal), but not in North America, because of a pollution to the mercury.

Its delicate flesh was already appreciated in the Middle Ages. Currently the captures are enough hardly with the local requests where the marine lamprey is used in typically regional preparations like the “lamprey with of Bordeaux”.

Regulation of its fishing

Minimal size authorized (the EEC of the 17.10.1986) in the European Atlantic of Portugal in North-Scotland (60 °N) until 18°W, in Handle and the North Sea until 64°N and 4°W. : 27 cm.

Geographical distribution

The Atlantic north-eastern, of Iceland and the north of Norway to Morocco, Atlantic north-western, the Baltic, the western Mediterranean.

invasive Species

It penetrated in the American Big lakes, where it is shown extremely harmful, by tackling the local species. One tries to fight against it by using chemicals called Lampricides.

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