Talk:Dogfish

dictionary def

OED has dogfish |ˈdôgˌfi sh | noun ( pl. same or -fishes) 1 a small sand-colored bottom-dwelling shark with a long tail, common on European coasts. • Scyliorhinus canicula, family Scyliorhinidae. 2 [with adj. ] a small shark that resembles or is related to the dogfish, sometimes caught for food. • Several genera in the families Scyliorhinidae, Squalidae, and Triakidae. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bueller 007 (talk • contribs) 04:50, 12 April 2007 (UTC).

Taste as food

NPOV? "they are edible but taste terrible" isn't very neutral. Can anyone think of a more fitting description.

Images

"It is now illegal to kill or mutilate them when caught."

Is it really appropriate then to have a photo of a fisherman holding one he's just caught?

The other picture isn't very good without a caption to say where it comes from either. --IronChris | (talk) 00:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree that the image of the old print needs a caption for context. I don't think the photo of the fisherman is inappropriate - they are VERY commonly caught along the east coast (of the US) and tossed back - the one in the picture seems unmolested. I've been on charter boats fishing for fluke off the NJ coast where the ratio of dogfish to fluke was easily 6 to 1. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pgnrmadilo (talk • contribs) 16:58, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

The photo and this discussion relate to spiny dogfish. Any effort to present this information should be directed at that page, not this page associated with the vague term, "dogfish". -IGTaylor (talk) 17:44, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

We should be editing spiny dogfish

I think the term "dogfish" is too vague and the energy spent here should be directed to the spiny dogfish page instead. -IGTaylor (talk) 21:22, 22 April 2009 (UTC)