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Title: Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
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eKay, New York Fauna, page 331, plate 59, figure193. DeKay had a mounted specimen of the fish, but adopted the description andfigure of Storer. He states that the fish is not unfrequently captured along thecoast. The specimen mentioned by Mitchill was captured in the lower bay withinSandy Hook ; it weighed 200 pounds. At Woods Hole, Mass., the fish is known as Sunfish. Dr. Smith says it is muchrarer now than formerly. In the early years of the Fish Commission 8 or 10specimens were observed annually in Vineyard Sound, but of late it is unusual tosee more than one in a season. In 1896, a 400-pound fish was seen off TarpaulinCove. In 1887, a 200-pound specimen, caught off Great Harbor, was kept alive atthe station for about a week. The fish is usually found in August. Mr. Edwardsexamined a number of them and observed only Ctenophores and Medusae in theirstomachs. The fish swims slowly near the surface with the high dorsal fin out of water,and is usually approached with little difficulty.
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</) z 0 < o 0 h D,< 0 0 D< FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 457 Suborder LORICATI.Family SCORP^ENID^. Rockfishes. 194. Rosefish ; Norway Haddock (Sebastes marinus Linnaeus). The Rosefish, or Norway Haddock, inhabits the North Atlantic ; it is abundanton both coasts. It has been recorded from the north and west coasts of Europe tothe British Channel, and in the Arctic Ocean. It is a shore fish as far southoccasionally as Cape Cod, and occurs in deep water south to New Jersey. It breedsabundantly off the south coast of New England in late summer, between 100 and180 fathoms, and there is no reason to believe that the young rise to the surface;they were caught by the bushel at these depths. It is a beautifully colored andimportant food fish. DeKay calls it the Northern Sebastes; he says it is a very rare fish in our waters.It is called by fishermen Red Sea Perch, and they say it is always found in deepwater. To the Massachusetts fishermen it is known as Rosefish, Hemdurgon, a

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