Goosefish, cod, haddock, biologist
Mid-1960s
 Photographer: Robert Brigham
Biologist Robert L. Livingston, Jr. displays
a goosefish that was in a catch of small cod or haddock taken on a trawl
survey aboard the Albatross IV.
Scientists doing survey work gather and record data
on all animals that show up in their nets, no mater how rare or common,
how commercially valuable or worthless. Fishermen are, of course, more
selective in their interest.
In the 1960s, fishermen had no market for
goosefish and threw them over the rail. Since the 1980s, fishermen have
been able to make money by selling goosefish tails, which are sometimes
called “poor man’s lobster.” |
