Hooked on Hook-caught Cod. (Massachusetts).The sacred cod of Massachusetts The Sacred Cod is a carving of a codfish that hangs in the chamber of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It represents the importance of the fishing industry in the early history of the state. is in trouble, and The Good Ship CLF CLF The ISO 4217 currency code for Chile Unidades de Fomento. has steamed to the rescue. CLF supports the long-term interests of all the state's fishermen, but we're partial to the environmentally sensitive method of hook fishing. It produces less bycatch than other methods, and less damage to the ocean floor--not to mention fresher fish. This Fall, in cooperation with The Cape Cod Cape Cod, narrow peninsula of glacial origin, 399 sq mi (1,033 sq km), SE Mass., extending 65 mi (105 km) E and N into the Atlantic Ocean. It is generally flat, with sand dunes, low hills, and numerous lakes. Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association and Chef's Collaborative, CLF sponsored a month-long promotion for Chatham Hooked Cod. We called it Get Hooked on Cod, and arranged for that toothsome delicacy to be featured in 20 fine Boston restaurants. The kickoff event was a cod tasting and educational seminar that introduced journalists, chefs, fish purveyors, and restaurateurs to the guest of honor. CLF Marine Project Director Priscilla Brooks told the gathering, "As cod come back, we expect more hook fishermen to follow. Ask for hooked cod; you'll be making a choice for a better environment." The keynote speaker was Mark Kurlansky Mark Kurlansky (born 7 December 1948 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a highly-acclaimed American journalist and writer of general interest non-fiction. He is especially known for titles on eclectic topics, such as cod or salt. , author of Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World. He said that the first Europeans in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. were amazed a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. at the numbers of cod here; depleting them would have been "impossible," they thought, but of course the fishing then was done with hooks. Kurlansky said that hook fishing is "the most ecologically sound way to catch cod, and it also produces the [freshest] fish." The cod tasting consisted of platters all around, each with five pieces of cod representing a variety of sources, fishing methods, and degrees of freshness. The freshest piece, hooked the day before, turned out to be soft and delicate, not as firm and flaky flaky - (Or "flakey") Subject to frequent lossage. This use is of course related to the common slang use of the word to describe a person as eccentric, crazy, or just unreliable. as one from an older, trawler-caught cod. But two of the chefs liked that--Chris Douglass of Boston's Icarus, and Peter Hoffman of New York's Savoy. "We rarely get fish that fresh," they said. "But we liked the fact that hooked cod ... retains its freshness longer." They could have added that the ocean floor likes hooked cod, too. |
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