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.
Saved by a pair of scissors left on the scales: The premature baby doctors decided to save because she weighed just enough. 1  Maddalena Douse, from Lewes, East Sussex, was born at just 23 weeks. 2  Doctors were unsure whether she would survive, or whether they should try and save her.
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.