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As soon as I saw the story about giant jellyfish sinking a Japanese trawler posted on MetaFilter, I sent the link to my friend Ryan via instant messenger. (Ryan, I know, is fascinated by tales from the Japanese fishing industry.) He said, “[the] story would’ve been perfect if the jellyfish had actually eaten the crew,” [...]
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If you’re looking for the best fish and chips in Los Angeles, head to The Gardens on Glendon. Tricia and I had dinner last night at this little place in Westwood — basically on the UCLA campus — and the simple fried cod and shoestring potatoes dish once again shocked me with its awesomosity. Yes, [...]
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This is the sort of thing that makes me glad I have TiVo. The Discovery Channel is starting a new series: Deadliest Catch, about Alaskan deep-sea crab fishing. The tagline is $140,000 for 5 days’ work is a job some men would die for. And some do. (I’ll ignore the dangling preposition.) How can that [...]
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For weekend fishermen, there are many tall tales about “the big one that got away.” The results of a new study indicate that big fish are indeed hard to catch. But disturbingly, the results suggest that’s because the world’s large fish–tuna, marlin, swordfish, sharks, cod and halibut among them–have been so exploited by industrial fisheries [...]
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I finished reading Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World and am most of the way through Eat the Rich and The Best American Science Writing 2001. I made another trip to the bookstore this week and picked up Lennon Remembers, A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth, and [...]
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Are you enthralled and amazed by the wonder that is the wall-mounted singing fish?! I know I was … until I discovered that it’s not really an actual singing fish. It’s a hoax! It’s motorized! It’s simply a toy! [Update: eGads! Not only is it a toy, but the kids at MIT have figured out [...]
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