DCHP-3

garbage fish

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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fish of no commercial value, such as coarse fish or lampreys.

Quotations

1963
The only way to put commercial fishing on the Great Lakes on a sound economic footing is to start wiping out "garbage fish" which abound in these waters. . . .