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n. - Small salmonid marine fish

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  • Early in the season, directly the ice breaks up, a little fish called the caplin, which is about the size of a smelt, runs inshore in great schools of countless...
  • The caplin is a small fish, about the size of a smelt or a little larger, and is caught in the neighborhood of Hamilton Inlet and south.
  • The existing total caplin quota in Newfoundland and Labrador is 30, 000.
  • Most of the caplin science Curran said he is aware of is based largely on inshore stocks.
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