"Fresh" Fish (?)

From:

Top Ten Photos of 2007 From National Geographic News​

(#3) Century-Old Fish Caught in Alaska. ​

A handful of Christians preparing rockfish as part of their traditional fish dinner this Good Friday might be feasting on one of the oldest creatures ever to live in Alaskan waters.

Commercial fishers in the Bering Sea hauled in the female shortraker rockfish seen above, which scientists say was between 90 and 115 years old, in March 2007. Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) used growth rings in the fish's ear bone, or otolith, to make their age estimate.





Also:

(#1) Colossal Squid Caught off Antarctica ​

In Antarctica's Ross Sea, a fishing boat caught what is likely the world's biggest known colossal squid (yes, that's the species' name), New Zealand officials announced February 22, 2007.

Heavier than even giant squid, colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) have eyes as wide as dinner plates and sharp hooks on some of their suckers. The new specimen weighs in at an estimated 990 pounds (450 kilograms).

 

wow, calimari anyone

 

thats a nice article

 

interesting article...

 

It is a interesting article, a fish that old, I can't believe they didnt put it back into the water...

 

Agree, too bad.


Have eaten and caught allot of rockfish here in local PNW waters.

Have never seen one even close to 1/4 this size. :-/

 

That is sad... That fish should of had the privelage of dieing a natural death....

 

scientist dont appreciate life like they say they do.they pull creatures out to study them they die or get killed and then they say they love the creature and want it to thrive.bs you just killed the thing.