The name of sword-fish is Lepidopus caudatus =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Paulo Santos | Tel :351-2-310290 Instituto de Zoologia | Fax :351-2-2004777 Faculdade de Ciencias do Porto | e-mail: [log in to unmask] Praca Gomes Teixeira 4050 Porto PORTUGAL | I love fish! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 11:25:53 -0500 From: Rui Silva <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list FISH-ECOLOGY <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: FISH-ECOLOGY Digest - 22 Jul 1996 to 23 Jul 1996 On Tue, 23 Jul 1996 13:34:19 GMT, Steve Branstetter <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > As I have some personal experience fishing in this area, I would hope some > of the responses come back to the list, not just personal replies to Mr. June. > I would be interested in knowing what is targeted there, and even more, who > is crazy enough to go there... I hope some Portuguese -- hopefully an Azorian -- answer your comments. Meanwhile, and just from my Portuguese ancestry, I would like to remind that there is a TRADITIONAL deep-sea hand-lining fishery off Madeira (and probably also off the Azores) for a strange, long, compressed fish which in Portugal is called "peixe-espada" ("sword-fish") and which is delicious. Unfortunately I don't know the scientific name of this fish. I understand that the traditional fishery has turned in the last 20 years as something more industrial, probably with long-lines. And I'm also sure that there are assessments of this fish in local journals. Rui Silva <[log in to unmask]>
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