Tag Archives: pollock

Still Learning Nothing

The best time to announce the worst news is late on Friday. The federal government and public relations firms have known this for years. So it was that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) scheduled its press conference last Friday for 3 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time or (even better!) 6 p.m. in the east. As […]

Cod is Dead

I was in an upscale restaurant Sunday night and the waitress was giving the specials and she described the fish special as “water fish.” “Excuse me?” I said. “What’s water fish?” “Oh, that’s pollock. It’s a white fish, light, flaky….” “From the Atlantic or Pacific?” “Gee… I don’t know….” For the record, pollock is not […]