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Man Catches A 200-Year-Old Fish

Dina Spector   

Man Catches A 200-Year-Old Fish
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AP/Daily Sitka Sentinel/James Poulson,

Henry Liebman, from Seattle, holds his record-breaking shortraker rockfish on June 21, 2013.

An insurance adjuster from Seattle, Henry Liebman, caught a 39-pound shortraker rockfish in Alaska that may be 200 years old.

The Daily Sitka Journal first reported the record-breaking catch, which was then picked up by Yahoo! News.

Shortraker rockfish are common in the Alaskan waters, where Liebman caught the 41-inch-long bottom-dweller. The fish are "believed to be one of the longest-lived of all fish in the northeast Pacific," according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A lab still needs to confirm the age of the fish, but chances are good that it beats the current record for oldest shortaker of 175 years old.

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