{"id":324,"date":"2007-06-20T11:55:28","date_gmt":"2007-06-20T16:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/index.php\/2007\/06\/20\/pollock-rules-the-ocean\/"},"modified":"2007-06-20T12:04:53","modified_gmt":"2007-06-20T17:04:53","slug":"pollock-rules-the-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/2007\/06\/pollock-rules-the-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollock rules. The ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not me, a card-carrying Pollock, but my finny cousin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/mwt\/food\/eat_drink\/2007\/06\/20\/clover_qa\/\" title=\"swim through ads, unless you're a subscriber\" target=\"_blank\">Salon.com interviews<\/a> the author of the 2006 book, <em>The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat<\/em>, the British journalist Charles Clover, who has a little good news, as well. It turns out the McDonald&#8217;s Filet-O-Fish sandwich is created from sustainable fish, even certified by the Marine Stewardship Council.<\/p>\n<p>No, the Marines are not inspecting deep-fried patties, at least not on orders from Washington. This would be an adjectival use referring to water. As Clover says, &#8220;McDonald&#8217;s is sustainable because it is a big company and needs continuity of supply.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s people. No, it&#8217;s Alaskan pollock. The same species that Mrs. Paul has fashioned into fish sticks for decades.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never eaten a Filet-O-Fish, and now I know why. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rachaelray.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rachael Ray<\/a>, however, would say, &#8220;Yummo, pollock.&#8221;  If she ever capitalizes the meal, I&#8217;ll have to explain it at home. -30-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not me, a card-carrying Pollock, but my finny cousin. Salon.com interviews the author of the 2006 book, The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat, the British journalist Charles Clover, who has a little good news, as well. It turns out the McDonald&#8217;s Filet-O-Fish sandwich is created from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-body-home-street"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":268,"url":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/2007\/02\/crustacean-of-the-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":324,"position":0},"title":"Crustacean of the Month","author":"Ben S. 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That means AARP will be eligible for AARP membership with all its discounts and special offers. The American Association of Retired Persons thus will send itself innumerable messages, electronically and postally, offering targeted news and special\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;American Culture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"American Culture","link":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/category\/american-culture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101,"url":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/2005\/11\/pinned-in-public\/","url_meta":{"origin":324,"position":2},"title":"Pinned in public","author":"Ben S. Pollock","date":"November 12, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Saturday, November 12, 2005. Two observations from a luncheon. OK, two and a half. This is long; sorry. 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Say loudly (or online) that as an American you find Russian leader Vladimir Putin's criticism of U.S. foreign policy gets many\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News, Spin&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News, Spin","link":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/category\/news-spin\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":253,"url":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/2006\/12\/half-staff-is-half-mast\/","url_meta":{"origin":324,"position":4},"title":"Half staff is half mast","author":"Ben S. Pollock","date":"December 10, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"(... unless the old sailor or old soldier gets insulted then you never forget that here in landlocked Arkansas it's always half staff) Several American flags in the town of Lowell, home of the headquarters of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, have been flying half staff the last few days. 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