WEIGHING CONGER EELS : POLPERRO, ENGLAND 



Photo by Emil P. Albrecht 



Polperro lives by fishing, and a large part of her catch are conger eels — huge, unpleasant, 

 ghastly white creatures that Cornwall considers delicious, especially when transformed into 

 £°r! 8 i? r pie ' ■ H ' ere we see tnem 1:)em g weighed in bunches of four on the great scales on the 

 fish-house quay. They can attain a length of 10 feet and a weight of ioo pounds, but the 

 majority run about 6 feet and 60 to 70 pounds. 



