腾龙说事：泰晤士河大闸蟹

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BBC Chinese, Mar 1, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/uk/2011/03/110301_tenglong_fish2.shtml

Quote:

"目前，英国最大的几家超市都全部或部分采用了MSC认证，除了标出价钱，还标明鱼的来源，向顾客表明卖的鱼是'可持续'的。

"英国周围海域，有商业捕捞价值的鱼有十几种，但英国人吃来吃去主要有三种，鳕鱼、金枪鱼、三文鱼。英国人2010年花了28亿英镑买鱼，其中近一半的钱都买了这三种鱼。

Note:
(a) 阳澄湖: 江苏境内主要淡水湖之一; 阳澄湖平均水深仅有不到2米; 盛产多种水产，尤以大闸蟹最为有名. zh.wikipeia.org
(b) 三文鱼/鮭魚 salmon
(c) Marine Stewardship Council
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Stewardship_Council
(an independent non-profit organization with an ecolabel and fishery certification programme; Founded 1997 London; Headquarters London)
(d) 鳕鱼 cod
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod
(Atlantic cod; Pacific cod "are also found around the coast of British Columbia, Canada and the northwestern US coastal areas. These fish are three times the size of their eastern counterparts and are darker in color")
(e) fish and chips
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chips
(In Britain and Ireland, haddock and cod appear most commonly as the fish used for fish and chips)
(f) 金枪鱼/鮪魚 tuna
(g) 带鱼 Cutlassfish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutlassfish
(about 40 species of predatory fish in the family Trichiuridae (order Perciformes) found in seas throughout the world)

* cutlass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutlass
(Although also used on land, the cutlass is best known as the sailor's weapon of choice)
(h) 海蜇 is a kind of
jellyfish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish
(Rhizostomes, especially Rhopilema esculentum in China 海蜇 (hǎizhē, "sea stings") and Stomolophus meleagris (cannonball jellyfish) in the United States, are favored because of their larger and more rigid bodies and because their toxins are harmless to humans)
(i) The  article says, "年前，英国钓鱼迷为绰号'双色'的一条鲤鱼在其生前的“故乡”Conningbrook湖畔立了一个碑。'双色'去年夏天最后一次被捉到时的体重是67磅（30公斤左右），是英格兰已知最重的鲤鱼.

mirror carp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_carp
(The current British record (as of December 13, 2009) is a carp known as 'Two tone' due to its colouration, caught from Conningbrook Lake in Kent and weighing in at 67 lb 14oz (30.45 kg).'Two Tone' was found dead in his lake on August 14, 2010. The current world record (as of November 2010) stands at 99lb (45kg), caught from Luke Moffat's Les Graviers near to Dijon in France)

* US classifies Asian carp as invasive and tries hard to eradicate them (US did not have carps). Few Americans eat carps.

Susan Saulny, Carp DNA Is Found in Lake Michigan. New York Times, Jan 20, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/science/20carp.html?_r=1&scp=9&sq=carp%20invasive&st=cse


-------------------------------Separately
Sarah Nassauer, The Slippery Business of Picking Fish; Sure, We're Told to Eat More Fish, but Just Try to Make Sense of the Many Definitions of 'Sustainable.' Wall Street Journal, Mar 2, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704615504576172292781589156.html
("The U.S. government earlier this year recommended for the first time that the average American should eat eight ounces of fish a week to reap the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids and other nutrients")

My comment:
(a) Besides the quotation, take a look at the two graphics.
(b) In the caption of the first graphic:

trawl (n): "a large conical net dragged along the sea bottom in gathering fish or other marine life"
www.m-w.com
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