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Topic: Skate fish

	Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The ventral surface of the winter skate is usually white with irregular brownish blotches of varying sizes on the posterior portion of the disc as well as sometimes long the tail.
		As winter skates grow, the thorns of the mid-dorsal row are lost from the disc and tail and those near the eyes decrease in number.
		Winter skates are taken primarily as bycatch in the trawls of the ground fishery in the Gulf of Maine and are not the target of a directed fishery.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/Gallery/Descript/WinterSkate/WinterSkate.html (1016 words)

	RISAA Affiliate [Save The Bay - Educational Series - Little Skate - July 2001]
		The skate is armored with sharp spines along the back and tail that are used as a defensive measure of protection.
		Because skates spend most of their lives on the bottom, they breathe through specialized organs called spiracles, which are slitlike openings near their eyes.
		Male skates can be distinguished by two long claspers along their pelvic fins, which they use to hold onto the female and transmit sperm.
	www.risaa.org /savethebay/common_skate.html (438 words)

	eG Forums -> What do you think of skate?
		I didn't know skate was an either love-it or hate-it proposition or, alternatively, an acquired taste, because I love it so much, but aparently it is. To me it occupies a place somewhere between shellfish and fin fish, although I compare it to neither and simply enjoy its unique qualities as they present themselves.
		When Skate is either frozen or old the texture becomes stringy and firm due to the ammonia in the urine which is in the fish.
		Skate and Ray are the same, members of the same family as shark (and not to be confused with Tom and Ray*).
	forums.egullet.org /index.php?showtopic=8661 (2255 words)

	National Aquarium in Baltimore - Clearnose skate
		This skate also has a distinctive row of spines along the midridge of the back and down each side of the tail.
		Members of the skate family, unlike most other rays, have a muscular tail, which usually has two small dorsal fins near the tip and sometimes a caudal (tail) fin.
		Clearnose skates are found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to southern Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
	www.aqua.org /animals_clearnoseskate.html (334 words)

	The Antarctic Sun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In Greenlandic legend the skate is the sister of the shark.
		Skates belong to a large group of boneless fishes known as elasmobranches, which includes both sharks and rays.
		Late in the evening when all the fish were circling in the tanks, Art DeVries, principal investigator of the fish antifreeze project and a 39-year veteran of the McMurdo fishing scene, stood looking down at the skate.
	www.polar.org /antsun/oldissues2000-2001/2000_1112/iceskate.html (891 words)

	Aquarium of the Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Big skates are diamond shaped with pointed snouts and come in a range of colors including brown, muddy gray, olive and fl.
		They are the only Pacific Coast skate lacking a notch on the rear edge of their pectoral fins.
		These fish are not endangered, but like most sharks, rays, and other skates, their reproductive biology leaves them very vulnerable to fishing pressures.
	www.aquariumofthebay.com /education/fish_facts/fish.asp?idd=3&catid=25 (168 words)

	Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com
		Not the prettiest fish in the sea, skate often was tossed back by fisherman after other types of fish.
		Commercial fishing vessels come equipped with freezers so that a percentage of the fish caught can be frozen very quickly.
		Fish begin to smell "fishy" when deterioration sets in, often caused by incorrect storage practices that bring about the release of oxidized fats and acids through bacterial and enzymatic action.
	www.thetimesonline.com /articles/2004/12/16/features/food/f3bdc8b89d8004a486256f600021e627.prt (1116 words)

	New Jersey Scuba Diver - Marine Biology - Skates & Rays
		Some skates give birth to live young, while others lay their eggs encased in a horned Mermaid's Purse.
		Skates lay their eggs inside a tough protective cocoon called a Mermaid's Purse.
		The Clearnose Skate has a noticeably pointy nose compared to the Little Skate, with a semi-transparent patch on either side of the snout.
	www.njscuba.net /biology/sw_fish_skates_rays.html (448 words)

	Time Out New York [eatout] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Cooked to order, fillets of fish (usually cod, halibut, haddock or pollack) are dipped in batter and dropped in a well of hot oil.
		Fish: Three waitresses told me it was fresh cod, but the four finger-size pieces of fish had the texture of reconstituted salt cod at best or old, defrosted cod at worst.
		The skate is exceedingly moist, the shrimp is rubbery, and the cod is, well, cod.
	www.timeoutny.com /eatout/242/242.eat.fishchips.html (1796 words)

	JS Online: Skate has gone from throwaway to catch of the day
		Skate, or ray (sometimes called stingray for their thorny skin and tail barbs) has for years been a trash, or byproduct, catch in the Atlantic, showing up in the nets when fishermen troll for snapper, grouper, etc.
		The skate first had to be scrubbed to remove the outer slime, and then poached in a vinegar-based nage, or broth, to remove the skin and reveal the pearly white meat.
		I started using skate at John Byron's in the early '80s, and it is still a reasonably priced fish for the quality.
	www.jsonline.com /entree/col/oct04/270060.asp?format=print (747 words)

	Aki's Kitchen - Recipes
		Skate, also known as Stingray, has gelatinous flesh that when cooked becomes a delicate white, yet, stringy meat, similar to that of lobster.
		Ask the fishmonger to "clean" the Skate for you; to remove and discard the grey skin, and to then cut up the remaining fish into 1 1/2-inches wide strips, or so.
		When finished: the fish should easily come off the bones; some of the fish, though, will fall off the bones during cooking and this is to be expected.
	www.akiskitchen.ca /recipes_meals/stewed_skate_and_tomatoes/stewed_skate_tomatoes_1.html (708 words)

	Skate meat - Pierandsurf.com
		After they unhooked the skates, they were cutting off the tails, and slicing thier backs with a knife and throwing them back in the water.
		One last note, when ever you are going to cook any fishes which are from the class “Chondrichthyes” (Rays, Skates, Saw Fish, Shark) you must keep in mind that these fishes have not evolved efficient kidneys for the removal of urea from their blood.
		The ammonia present in the fish is neutralized by marinating in an acid based marinade such as lemon juice, tomato juice, lime juice or a vinegar for 20 minutes before cooking.
	www.pierandsurf.com /forum/showthread.php?t=20 (2737 words)

	www.fishing.co.uk
		We were fishing at a depth of around five hundred feet, and it was an amazingly long time before I felt the two-pound lead hit bottom.
		Fishing on after that seemed an anti-climax, so we settled for upping anchor there and then, giving us more time to get the boat out of the water, and less need to race back through the lovely highland scenery.
		This time it was the sounds and smells of the sea, and of the bacon sizzling and spluttering from the little cabin of the boat in the early morning; of the strange pre-historic looking skate, and Mull's red deer which had come to the water's edge to drink while the majestic golden eagles soared overhead.
	www.fishing.co.uk /article.php3?id=331 (3076 words)

	Saltwater Fish pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		My fish was caught on 10/30/02 around 3:30 pm I used a chunk of bunker and fought the fish for 25 minutes.
		After the fish was tired, I had to gaff the fish all my myself since no one was on the pier at the time.
		After numerous times of trying to lift the fish, and the fish falling back down in the water, I finally gaffed it in the mouth and landed the fish on the deck..
	www.carpecarpio.com /saltwaterfishpics.html (1620 words)

	Fish Glossary from Gorton's: Shrimp-Swordfish
		Description (in market): Only the wings (fins) of the skate are edible; in each, a thin layer of translucent cartilage separates two sections of firm, lean, delicately flavored white meat.
		Skate is delicious simply poached and served with a butter-based sauce.
		Skate with brown butter (raie au beurre noir) is a French favorite.
	www.gortons.com /cookbook/gl_sh_sw.html#swordfish (2239 words)

	CBC News:2 game fish added to endangered list
		The lake sturgeon, a fish that dates back to the dinosaur age, is on the brink of extinction in Alberta, and chinook salmon are endangered in British Columbia's Okanagan region, according to the committee of experts who designate which wild species are in trouble.
		Sport fishing for lake sturgeon, a torpedo-shaped, armour-plated species that can live up to 100 years, is already restricted in Alberta to catch-and-release in a narrow season, or a harvest of one fish per licence per year.
		The population of winter skate fish in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/print/2005/05/08/endangered050508 (487 words)

	skate on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Age and growth estimates of the winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata) in the western Gulf of Maine.
		Electric organ discharge and electrosensory reafference in skates.
		Windham Skate Park produces a competitor ; Keegan Smith places well in an international competition and his dedication inspires younger athletes.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-skate.asp (519 words)

	A Tale of Two Fisheries
		If a fishing trawler drags a net through their waters, destroying their traps, the lobstermen may dump an old car onto the seabed, which will rip the trawler's net the next time it's dragged.
		Below the crown is a sign in gold script: "Mansion de Braslov." The mansion is a red brick pile perched on the hillside, with a pink balustrade overlooking the water and a grand staircase attended by statues of two nymphs.
		Surveillance satellites can monitor who is fishing and what they are catching anywhere on the planet, which should soon make it technologically feasible for a quota system to be enforced throughout the world.
	www.californiafish.org /TaleTwoFisheries.htm (4487 words)

	Skate found Swiftly
		Just put your skates and gloves on the DryGuy, set the 3-hour timer and your equipment will be ready for your next game.
		Just put your skates and gloves on the DryGuy, set the timer and your equipment will be ready for your next game.
		The roller skate is a type of skate with wheels to be used on solid ground or inline skating.
	www.movefm.co.uk /moveinfo/skate.html (399 words)

	Fish Prions
		To investigate the phylogenetic relationships in Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) and Sarcopterygii (African lungfish and African bullfrog), we sequenced GH from the pituitary of the primitive bony fish, Amia calva.
		Extracts of the brain of the holostean fish Lepisosteus platyrhincus and the forebrain of the dipnoan fish Neoceratodus forsteri were fractionated, with results suggesting that the ancestral proenkephalin gene of both actinopterygian and sarcopterygian fish contained both the Met-enkephalin and Leu-enkephalin sequences.
		Homologous peptides belonging to the pancreatic polypeptide (PP) family were isolated from the pancreas of a teleostean fish, the American eel (Anguilla rostrata), an holostean fish, the bowfin (Amia calva) and an elasmobranch fish, the skate (Raja rhina), and their primary structures were determined.
	www.cyber-dyne.com /~tom/Pract_Phylo_fish.html (4189 words)

	Scientists Target 12 More Organisms for Genome Sequencing
		The organisms are a skate (jaw evolution), a sea slug (learning and memory), a disease-carrying insect (Chagas’ disease, prominent in Latin America), a pea aphid (rapid adaptation), a wasp (genetic model for insect parasites) and two related insect species (comparative studies), a free-living soil amoeba and three fungi.
		The organisms are: a skate (Raja erinacea); a sea slug (Aplysia californica); a disease-carrying insect (Rhodnius prolixus); a pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum); a wasp (Nasonia vitripennis) and two related insect species (Nasonia giraulti and Nasonia longicornis); a free-living soil amoeba (Acanthamoeba castellanii); and three fungi (Schizosaccharomyces octosporus, Schizosaccharomyces japonicus, Batrachochytridium dendrobatidis).
		For instance, the skate (related to many species of shark and cartilaginous fish) was chosen because it belongs to the first group of primitive vertebrates that developed jaws, an important step in vertebrate evolution.
	usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=March&x=20050302130318lcnirellep0.3684503&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html (1824 words)

	Bonjour Paris :: http://www.bonjourparis.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is said that the popularization of skate (also known as ray fish) to the United States can be traced back to the famous late chef, Gilbert Le Coze.
		Most of the skate available is "by-catch," which means that the fisherman accidentally caught it and sells it at a low price.
		It is an unusual looking steel-gray fish, and is related to the shark.Only the wings are edible, and a thin layer of cartilage separates the two sections but there are no bones.
	www.bonjourparis.com /pages/printpage.php?articleId=1259 (440 words)

	Oceanlink \| marine sciences education and fun
		This is the largest fish known, and it feeds primarily on small crustaceans and fishes that it filters from the water.
		All fish that share this characteristic (this includes sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras) are grouped in the Class Chondrichthyes (one of the three classes of fish).
		Sharks are carnivores and eat mainly fishes, crustaceans (shrimps, lobsters and crabs), molluscs (squid, octopi, and snails), and larger ocean mammals.
	oceanlink.island.net /ask/chondrichthyes.html (10351 words)

	Sea Angling in Ireland - THE FISH - SKATE & BIG RAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fish close to 200 lbs have been caught again recently.
		The Common Skate is on the IUCN list of endangered fish species, so tagging and catch and release is mandatory, and lets hope we see these magnificant creatures survive and repopulate our coastal marks.
		The Long Nosed Skate has not record listed, but a specimen can be claimed for any fish over 80 lbs.
	www.sea-angling-ireland.org /skates.htm (296 words)

	DelMarVa Fishin' Reports; April 26 - May 2 - StripersOnline - SurfTalk
		Fished Wachapreague VA on 4-27 and had a great day fishing.
		Would have even been happy to have shared some fresh bunker with you, since, well to be honest with ya, first I appreciate, enjoy and eventually learn from your posts, 2nd love your pics and "story telling" ability and finally it would have been an honor and pleasure to have met you.
		With all the skates, 2 buzzards were cruising the surf to pick at skates left beached.
	www.stripersonline.com /cgi-bin/ubb_547C/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=001591;p=0 (1178 words)

	The Inn Chef \| Cooking on the Life Network: Show Recipes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		At the last minute grill the asparagus and cook the fish and the sauce.
		When it begins to brown add the skate wing fillets and sear them on one side for 3 or 4 minutes until they are golden brown.
		While the fish cooks construct a stockade of the asparagus spears in the center of each of 4 hot large plates.
	www.innchef.com /recipes/recip208.htm (579 words)

	Online Dictionary for French English, Spanish English, Italian English, and more.
		Large, edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins.
		A hard-soled shoe fitted with a blade (for use on ice) or with rollers (for use on other surfaces) enabling the wearer to glide along, propelled by the alternate actions of the legs; SYN: skates.
		To move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter." 2.
	www.ultralingua.net /?service=ee&text=skate (265 words)

	Oceans Alive - Anchoveta
		This silvery fish inhabits the west coast waters of Latin America that make up the Peruvian Current, which is vulnerable to El Niño.
		Anchoveta, or Peruvian anchovy, populations are exceedingly prolific despite heavy fishing pressure.
		EPA and FDA recommend that people not eat the same kind of fish more than once a week, to protect against excessive intake of mercury.
	www.oceansalive.org /eat.cfm?subnav=fishpage&fish=1 (329 words)

	Scientists Seek New Medicines From the Ocean
		The sea is calm, the sun is radiant, and the clouds are slowly rolling in off the coast of Gay Head on Martha's Vineyard as two fishermen haul in nets loaded with more than 50 skate fish.
		Though Ripps spends his summers at Woods Hole studying fish eyes, his real interest is diseases that damage the human retina, the light-sensitive tissue that lines the back of the eyeball.
		By focusing on skates, the researchers could focus on what goes wrong in rod cells that can lead to blindness.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2001/08/0807_wireseamed1_2.html (876 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| McMillan-Skate helps fish stocks
		The Common Fisheries Policy is undergoing a major overhaul in a bid to reverse a drastic decline in fish stocks which 20 years of conservation measures have failed to halt.
		Now the Brussels Commission is seeking more swingeing cuts in fish catches and the laying up of boats in an attempt to get to grips with the crisis.
		Mr McMillan-Skate's fish card is being despatched to all EU fisheries ministers, European Commissioners and Euro-MPs.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2312013.stm (239 words)

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