Dear All

I believe this report refers the fish found
stranded at Treyarnon Bay on 19th November 2006. In the period
31.10.2005 to 8.12.2006 there were seven Oceanic Pufferfish Lagocephalus
lagocephalus recorded in Cornwall, compared to 17 in Cornwall and about
forty in the whole of Britain and Ireland from about 1760 to 2004. In
this same thirteen months there were three found stranded in Ireland and
three caught by French fishermen in Biscay. And I was using the Oceanic
pufferfish as an example of a widespread ocean-dwelling fish that would
stray into British waters occasionally, but one we would not expect to
become more frequently as the sea temperatures creep up. Was I wrong or
is there some other explanation?

Regards, Doug

Puffer Fish in Cornwall
Posted by: "leonrosk" leonrosk@... leonrosk
Date: Tue May 15, 2007 8:06 am

Western Morning News reports two puffer fish washed up on the beach in
Cornwall.

See: http://shorterlink.co.uk/12617




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