Alaskan Fisherman Catches 200-Year-Old Fish

Thursday, July 4, 2013 - 14:20 in Earth & Climate

A fisherman in Alaska caught a 40 LB Shortraker fish that experts believe is 200 years old. Henry Liebman of Seattle was deep-sea fishing off the coast of Alaska on June 21 when he hooked the record-setting Shortraker fish from a depth of approximately 900 feet.

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