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Quotas slashed to save fast-food fish

26 November 2008

Heard of the walleye pollock? If you’re partial to a McDonald’s Filet-o-Fish, you’ve probably eaten it. The pollock is one of the main reasons why white fish is still on the menu despite the collapse of many cod fisheries. But now the pollock itself is in danger.

Last week, a panel from the US National Marine Fisheries Service recommended an 18 per cent reduction in next year’s catch in the eastern Bering Sea, the main pollock region for US boats, bringing the total . This is the latest in a series of cuts which have…

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