Unlike virtually all other shark species, dogfish sharks possess venom which coats their dorsal spines this venom is mildly toxic to humans.
Cod has been superseded in the oceanic league tables by species such as skate and dogfish.
Dogfish has been most often mentioned, and it also eats quantities of pollack and no doubt saithe and lythe.
What do they call dogfish now?
Dogfish is the most recent species to have been agreed.
At present subsidies are given only in respect of free-swimming fish, herring and white fish; we do not give one subsidy for sole and another for dogfish.
It is an expanse of sub-tidal chalk cliff exposures with rich wildlife, including the black tar sponge, leopard-spotted gobies, tompot blennies and, of course, the lesser spotted dogfish.
Our scientific advisers are studying the uses of albumen derived from a number of different sources, including dogfish.
