Clarke was married to the writer Rachel Cusk. Other common names include Tusk, Torsk, European Cusk, Brosmius. Spawning for the striped cusk eel begins in the summer. The dominant species, rattails and cusk eels, have considerable biomass. Abyssobrotula is a genus of cusk eel in the family Ophidiidae. Male band cusk eels lack copulatory organs. The species is closely related to the marine common ling and the cusk. A specific pollutant that affects the Cusk fish is inorganic mercury (Hg). He was also COB for the submarines "Cusk", "Carbonero" and "Theodore Roosevelt". Like many other marine animals, the Cusk is directly affected by pollution. Cusk is married to artist Siemon Scamell-Katz. Cusk are a food source for many other organisms. Cusk is a US National Marine Fisheries Service Species of Concern. Cusk has written ten novels and four works of non-fiction. In the Gulf of Maine, cusk are chiefly taken on hook and line.