capelin

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1978
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12618

caplin n p.117 _Mallotus villosus_ (Muller). Common name: caplin (in Nfld.) Body elongate, compressed, nearly uniform in depth from operculum to anal fin. Colour, transparent-olive to bottle-green above, sides silvery below the lateral line. p. 118. The capelin is a fish of the high seas coming inshore to spawn. Capelin spawn on coarse sand or fine gravel beaches as well as in depths up to 25 fathoms or more. Large quantities of capelin spawn just where the waves break over the beach, some fish being stranded in the process. Spawning occurs during June and July. p. 119. Capelin are eaten.by cod.salmon, dogfish, seals, whales, sea-birds. Chief. as food for cod, and bait in cod-fishing. Also as human food, food for dogs and also as fertilizers. PRINTED ITEM FEB.2 1978 Used I and Sup Used I Not used capelan, capellin, capeling, caplain, capline, capling, capon, ceaplin, ~bait, ~baiting, ~bunting, ~cart, ~fishery, ~mesh, ~pit, ~run, ~scull, ~season, ~seine, ~sick, ~spawn, ~time, ~trap, ~trip, ~voyage, ~weather, ~glut, ~skiff, BAITSKIFF, BAITING, SEINE Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 30 Mar 2015