Tusk

Brosme brosme · Cod and relatives

Also called torsk

Tusk — Photo: El barroco, from Cusk.jpg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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A deep, cold-water cod relative found off the coasts of Scotland, north-east England and north-west Ireland. It is rarely met from the shore.^[1]

How to recognise it

A single barbel on the chin, about as long as the eye, and no barbel on the snout.^[2]
One long dorsal fin and one long anal fin run almost to a small, rounded tail.^[1]
Pale dorsal and anal fins with a dark band near the edge and white margins; hake and ling have different fin and tail shapes.^[1]

When and where

Found over: rocky ground, mixed ground, deep water^[3]
Baits: mackerel, herring, blue whiting, pirks, shads^[3]

Sources

These notes are a draft: we gathered them from the sources above and are still checking them. We don't work out best times for this fish yet. The size rules come from the same checked byelaws as every other fish.

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