1 The most important step is to get the fish weighed as soon as possible on a certified scale. 2  Obtain the signatures of the scale operator and one other witness to the weighing.  Next, take the fish to a Department of Fish and Wildlife office for verification.
But when they put her on the scales she weighed 1lb, the minimum weight for a baby to be considered viable, so they fought to keep her alive. It was only when she was safely on a ventilator that doctors discovered a pair of scissors had been accidentally left on the scales and that Maddalena actually only weighed 382g.
Medical miracle: Baby Freida, pictured at five months, only weighed 1lb at birth in Fulda, Germany. When doctors allowed her to go home last Wednesday she weighed a far healthier 7lb 11oz and measured nearly 20 inches. The youngster is the most premature baby in Europe to have survived. She shares the world record with James Elgin Gill who was also born 128 days early in Ottawa, Canada in 1987.