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The trap is raised to the surface of the ocean and the codfish are lifted out by this dip net.
n.d. | MSS 041-1035 | Mead Johnson Company Collection |
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When the trap is brought to the surface, the codfish look like this. They are alive and are taken by motor boats to the cleaning stages where the livers are removed withi[...]
n.d. | MSS 041-1034 | Mead Johnson Company Collection |
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This fish has finished spawning and has fed for over 3 weeks on capelin or caplin. Its liver is large and full of oil. This is the sort of fish that has a liver that cont[...]
n.d. | MSS 041-1031 | Mead Johnson Company Collection |
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On the cleaning stages the livers are immediately removed and passed on to the steaming kettles where the oil is rendered out of them. The little white house to the left [...]
n.d. | MSS 041-1027 | Mead Johnson Company Collection |
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Fish tossed upon the cleaning stage just before the livers are taken out of them, at the Mead Johnson plant, Tors Cove, Newfoundland.
n.d. | MSS 041-1026 | Mead Johnson Company Collection |
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Liver of the codfish showing two lobes. One of these lobes is nearly twice as long as the other.
n.d. | MSS 041-1025 | Mead Johnson Company Collection |
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How large is the average liver of Newfoundland codfish? Note the size of the liver as compared to the man's arm and hand.
n.d. | MSS 041-1024 | Mead Johnson Company Collection |
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First food that the codfish gets after spawning.
n.d. | MSS 041-1023 | Mead Johnson Company Collection |
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This food fish of the cod comes from the headlands as soon as the capelin or caplin depart. The capelin or caplin remains 3 to 3 1/2 weeks, and the squid about 3 weeks. T[...]
n.d. | MSS 041-1022 | Mead Johnson Company Collection |
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Stomach of a codfish full of partly digested capelin or caplin. An average 12 pound cod will eat about 47 capelin or caplin at one time. The cod is a great glutton and ea[...]
n.d. | MSS 041-1021 | Mead Johnson Company Collection |
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