The blood-sucking lamprey has survived another evolutionary battle creeping its way back into Australian waterways and cultural kitchens.
"It's largely because of the construction of things, like weirs to regulate flows that then represent barriers to migration for the lamprey on their way to their spawning habitat," Mr Bice said.
Henri Roquas is a food archaeologist, artist and chef from the Netherlands who has founded the Zeeprik Genootschap, a sea lamprey society dedicated to bringing attention to the unique marine dweller. "[Almost a year later] we caught a fish sucked on another fish, that was said to be a lamprey. It was in that same water I almost drowned in, so that struck me."While he has been preserving old traditional French recipes, the lamprey lover has also been experimenting with new methods, each with a different taste.
"The price of lamprey is quite high, but buying them from small-scale fishermen is up to three times cheaper than buying it in the store. Whilst in Europe they rally to preserve the culinary and cultural connections, in Australia, it is all hands on deck to boost the numbers of a native species that was almost wiped out.
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