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ALTHOUGH spurdogfish (Squalus acanthias) normally make long-distance migrations these usually follow well defined seasonal patterns1, but on September 12, 1966, a spurdog-fish which had been tagged off Cape Wrath (58° 31′ N., 05° 28′ W.) on December 10, 1962, was recaptured in Hermitage Bay, southern Newfoundland. This migration was completely abnormal. At release the fish was a mature male, 78 cm total length; its length at recapture was reported as about 3.5 ft. (107 cm), but this is greater than the length to which male spurdogfish grow2. The tag used was the Petersen type, consisting of a pair of plastic disks, fastened one each side of the first dorsal fin with a stainless steel wire.
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HOLDEN, M. Transatlantic Movement of a Tagged Spurdogfish. Nature 214, 1140–1141 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141140b0
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