Here's a link to the news story

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000829/od/fish_dc_1.html

This article was making the rounds of my office today -Kent

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SouthEast US Scuba Diving Travel list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Krazy Kiwi
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 7:33 PM
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> Subject: [SCUBA-SE] An unusual find - dont read if you are queasy/about
> to eat, especially fish & chips
>
>
> Last night a news item flashed up on the tv that made me feel sick.
> Especially as I had just returned from my favourite seafood restaurant ..
> having my usual barramundi, chips & salad.
>
> A head (human) was found inside the stomach of a 44kg 180cm
> morgan cod. The
> grisly find was discovered at a seafood processing plant in Cairns. The
> name of the filleting factory was 'A Fine Kettle of Fish'. Bet
> they got the
> shock of their life.
>
> The fish had been caught by a line fisherman off Townsville during the
> weekend & he had dropped it in to the factor to be kept on ice until they
> got around to filleting it. The head was whole, Morgan cod suck in their
> prey as they do not have sharp teeth. Police took the remains away in a
> body bag & suspect it may be part of a missing fisherman who fell off a
> trawler near Slasher's Reef.
> Viv
>