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Jimbo · 07-23-2008, 01:39 PM

I mentioned in another post I was at the Chatham fish pier this week. Over the past several years I've stopped by a number of times and when the commercial guys unload, the fist bins are full of what looks like sand sharks or I guess maybe non-spiny dogfish. So I have a few questions about that. I had read in other posts that to eat them you need to bleed or skin them soon after catching or they go bad because [rumor has it] they pee through their skin. So if they're unhooked and thrown in a bin as is and it takes a while to get back to the dock aren't they going bad the whole ride in? Next question, they all seem to be about the same size give or take a couple inches. Hardly any really bigger or smaller, boat after boat after boat. Is there just one size they take back? Or why is it such a uniform catch? And if anyone knows, what happens to them from Chatham? Do they end up in the fried fish platter at the local restaurant or are they exported somewhere?

07-23-2008, 01:39 PM	#1
Jimbo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: S. Yarmouth, MA Posts: 1,604	sandsharks/dogfish I mentioned in another post I was at the Chatham fish pier this week. Over the past several years I've stopped by a number of times and when the commercial guys unload, the fist bins are full of what looks like sand sharks or I guess maybe non-spiny dogfish. So I have a few questions about that. I had read in other posts that to eat them you need to bleed or skin them soon after catching or they go bad because [rumor has it] they pee through their skin. So if they're unhooked and thrown in a bin as is and it takes a while to get back to the dock aren't they going bad the whole ride in? Next question, they all seem to be about the same size give or take a couple inches. Hardly any really bigger or smaller, boat after boat after boat. Is there just one size they take back? Or why is it such a uniform catch? And if anyone knows, what happens to them from Chatham? Do they end up in the fried fish platter at the local restaurant or are they exported somewhere?