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The fish did not get away. Netted and eaten to the point that their numbers declined greatly until fewer were caught to feed the ever-growing mass of humans who can not learn to stop spitting out spawn.
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Herd, back in the 1970s before the huge depletion of fish in the oceans began many, maybe most, USA fish & chip outlets used tasty, delectable cod that came in huge fillets that could be 2- or even 3-inches thick not counting the breading surrounding the succulent, savory soul-satisfying slab of sumptuous dining delight.
As the cod herds were depleted the prices rose and rose and soared ever higher along with fewer and fewer fish finding their way to the human eaters. With prices rising and supplies decreasing fish & chip outlets sought relief and found it by what has become a commonality across the board for feeding the masses of common folks unable to afford the high-costs associated with eating quality foodstuffs. Reduced quality while prices rise.
Enter pollock. A fish species. As the world population increases exponentially, except for the first-world where population stabilization or decline is occurring and masses of 2nd- and 3rd-world invaders are invading these once-sovereign countries that are destined for destruction due to invasion assisted by the evil tyrannical elites at the peak of the socioeconomic hierarchy with intent to force their one-world government upon all of us . . . anyway . . . as population soars and food stocks remain stable or diminish . . .
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“The Alaska pollock has been said to be “the largest remaining source of palatable fish in the world”.[32] Around 3 million metric tons (3,000,000 long tons; 3,300,000 short tons) of Alaska pollock are caught each year in the North Pacific, from Alaska to northern Japan. Alaska pollock is the world’s second most important fish species, after the Peruvian anchoveta, in terms of total catch.[33] Alaska pollock landings are the largest of any single fish species in the U.S, with the average annual Eastern Bering Sea catch between 1977 and 2021 being 1.195 million tons[disambiguation needed][citation needed].[34] Alaska pollock catches from U.S. fisheries have been relatively consistent at approximately 1.3 million tons a year, on average 92 percent from the Bering Sea and 8 percent from the Gulf of Alaska[35].[36] Each year’s quota is adjusted based on stock assessments conducted by the Alaska Fisheries Science Center to prevent overfishing.[37] For example quotas were reduced from 2008-2010 in the Bering Sea due to stock declines.”
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Hunger, famine, death and wars over food and ever-decreasing supplies of potable water ensures dire, dark days for the humans of the future. The in-between stage we are in now has us old fogies remembering the super yummy Atlantic Cod that was the base of the high-quality fish & chips of the past that you younguns’ of today can only get a partial palate-full of via the inferior pollock used today. Too bad for you but the younguns’ of the future who have not been born yet will envy your easy availability of vittles even if they are not of the highest quality. Arthur Treacher’s was a wide-spread fish & chips chain that is now down to one stand-alone outlet in Ohio and a few outlets tied into other food joints. Do a Web search if curious. This 1980 ad likely is offering pollock since cod had become too expensive to be served outside high-priced walk-in fancy food joints of the type common folks such as I never go to. Maybe YOU are highfalutin folk who spend large sums for a meal with no concern to the amount spent. Lucky you. Revel in your riches. Toss us bums a few buck via the community food bank, okay?
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Here is a 1980 TV commercial showing how small the fish slices are. These are minute compared to the size offered when cod ruled the seas and the fishing nets and the processing plants and the refrigerated or frozen sections of shipping methods that eventually reached the steaming-hot kettles and cauldrons of bubbling oil where the breaded slabs of fish carcasses were plopped to sizzle and bubble until a golden brown then retrieved and placed prettily upon a plate or whatever delivery method was used to feed YOU, the eater, clamoring for a quality fish & chips meal that can no longer be delivered EXCEPT . . . perhaps, at an exorbitant price at a high-end costly restaurant. That is, IF even they can get their paws upon the product that allowed the once-common high-quality fish & chip feast for all to savor.
Sucks to be you!!!! Damn. Sucks to be me, too. All I have is memories of the awesome fish & chips that were once common for even the low-paid scalawags huddled at the bottom of the socioeconomic hierarchy.
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Perhaps an affordable real cod fish & chip meal can be had in Pismo Beach, California.
Famous White Cod & Chips
Small $15Medium $19Large $22
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With two Big Macs costing more than $10 in my area and more in other locales the cost for a real fish meal above seems reasonable.
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From their Web site we espy FOOD!!!!!!
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I only have memory to go by but the lovely chunks of fried delight shown above are far smaller than the gargantuan slabs of Cod I saw served at fish & chip fast-food-style outlets back in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Oh well. Akin to the ever-shrinking condensed soup cans whose decreasing size is accompanied by ever-rising prices it seems that everything we eat comes in lesser sized with prices rising ever upwards. Is it any surprise that the USA lower socioeconomic groups are growing while the portion of the wealth held by the top 3% of the socioeconomic hierarchy is growing greatly? Well, at least I am not aware of any overt starvation inside the USA but I fear that those events will occur at some point in our future. But I will be long dead by then as so will you so eat hearty and be grateful for what you got!!!!
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