Word: seafoods
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Before it became an expensive delicacy, lobster was dismissed as poor people's food. This summer the crustacean is once again food for the poor. A surplus of the seafood has lowered the price that Maine lobstermen earn for their catch to as little as $1.50 per lb., at least $1 less than usual. Angry about the going rate, fishermen have given away more than a ton of lobsters to local charities. Prices are falling because demand has failed to keep up with an overabundant catch. The slumping economy has hurt tourism in New England, and families have been avoiding...
Sometimes government paralysis is to blame for the Mob's gains. Since Luciano's day, Manhattan's Fulton Fish Market and its union have been Genovese-controlled. Each year upwards of $1 billion worth of seafood passes through this wholesale market, the country's largest. For 20 years, brothers Carmine and Vincent Romano were the family's point men, controlling all parking, loading and unloading...
...three largest sellers of canned tuna in the U.S. made a decision last week in which they came off as the good guys. Faced with a growing consumer boycott of their product, the companies said they would no longer sell tuna caught by methods harmful to dolphins. Star-Kist Seafood, the world's largest tuna canner, led the way last week. "Star-Kist will not purchase any tuna caught in association with dolphins," said Anthony O'Reilly, chairman of H.J. Heinz, which owns Star-Kist...
...tuna company will put a DOLPHIN SAFE logo on its cans, and may have to charge "a couple cents more" to account for higher costs, O'Reilly said. The dolphin-free promise was matched on the same day by the two other major canners, Bumble Bee Seafoods and Van Camp Seafood, which sells Chicken of the Sea brand. Environmentalists responded with glee. "It was an incredibly wise and incredibly responsible action," said Senator Joseph Biden Jr. of Delaware, who is a co-sponsor of a dolphin-protection bill. But August Felando of the American Tunaboat Association contended that the action...
...night, after a dinner at one of the island's Mexican or seafood restaurants, most people take advantage of Padre's nightclub scene. Again, expect the crowds...