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Show Burbot May Ouat Codfish Tbe nearest fresh water relative of the cod. the burbot fish, may strip Its kin of honors Iu producing medicinally valuable oil. j Scientific experiments, reported to the bureau of fisheries, have demon strafed that burbot liver oil Is eight times as potent as cod liver oil in the treatment of rickets. Tbe burbot. Inhabiting the Great lakes and considered a pest by fisher men because It tears their nets and preys on small fry. may become a significant sig-nificant part of the commercial catch. If Is believed. The annual catch of the fish, known also as lawyer or eel pout, was 510,972 pounds In 1927. |