100 Year Old Fish
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Commercial fishermen in the Bering Sea recently caught a female shortraker rockfish which experts say is between 90 and 115 years old. 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.
0 comments:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
