Article: Lamprey should be protected, suit urges.(Courts)(The eel-like fish, once common in Oregon, is in decline, conservationists say)

Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard

Cute it's not, but the lamprey - a jawless fish of ancient origin - deserves protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, said a dozen West Coast conservation groups in a lawsuit they filed Wednesday.

The lawsuit, in the U.S. District Court in Portland, asks the court to require the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to take legal steps to protect the Pacific, river, western brook and Kern brook species of lamprey.

Lamprey were once common in some slow-moving waterways in the southern Willamette Valley, but now are rare, according to a 2002 study.

Penny Lind, executive director of plaintiff ...

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