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A small portion of a record catch of dogfish taken by the ALBATROSS IV in100 fathoms of water south of Nantucket

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Description

A small portion of a record catch of dogfish taken by the ALBATROSS IV in100 fathoms of water south of Nantucket. Note the dogfish sticking outof the meshes of the net. The weight of the total catch was in excess of12,000 pounds.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Photographer

M. Grosslein

Display Date

1965 circa

Location

Massachusetts, Nantucket Island area

Collection

Historic Fisheries