toothfish
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toothfish
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By 2018, the entire population of orcas in these waters had taught one another to feast on longline buffets, with whole groups that previously foraged on seals and penguins developing a taste for human-caught toothfish.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2023
And “Chilean sea bass”? Not a bass at all, but a rebrand of something called a Patagonian toothfish.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
Some hope the group could make progress on other agenda items, including new rules on krill fishing and reaching agreement on fishing for valuable Antarctic toothfish, marketed as Chilean sea bass.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Now toothfish, slimehead, yelloweye and witch are swallowed whole As “sea bass,” “roughy,” “snapper” and of course the “Torbay sole.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2022
International agreements were adopted in late 1999 to reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, which in the 1998-1999 season landed five to six times more Patagonian toothfish than the regulated fishery.
From The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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