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Never Forget The McLobster, McDonald’s Most Disgusting Menu Item

January 7, 2024 International, International News, Mid Atlantic, National, New England

McDonald’s is home to a wide array of limited menu items dating back to the chain’s early origins in San Bernardino, California, in 1940. Despite the franchise relying primarily on sales of burgers and fries to bring in the billions, other products, such as the McLobster, have rotated through the menu to mixed consumer opinions. As explained by the item’s first television ad slot filmed in 1993, the McLobster was made with 100 percent real Atlantic lobster and served fresh. Despite this, consumers of the fast-food giant held reservations about the fishy, unappetizing promotion. Video, more, >>click to read<< 08:46

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1984 – Liberal cabinet was split on seal hunt, while refusing to give into ‘blackmail’ from animal rights groups

March 23, 2021 Canada, International News

The controversial Atlantic seal caused caused a major split in the Liberal cabinet of 1984, secret documents obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter show. Ministers cursed the International Fund for Animal Welfare while acknowledging the seal hunt was “relatively minor.” Some ministers feared animal rights groups would lead a boycott of Canadian fish products at McDonald’s and other restaurant chains. >click to read< 09:31

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McDonald’s urges NPFMC to give Bering Sea canyons careful consideration

July 25, 2015 North Pacific

“In order to ensure all sources remain comfortably above sustainability standards into the future, we voice our support to the council and ask that it move swiftly to take all appropriate measures to protect the habitat of the Bering Sea canyons and sustain the long-term viability of its fisheries,” wrote Gross. McDonald’s did not, however, come down strongly on either side of the issue that Greenpeace and the pollock fishing industry have butted heads over for years. The NPFMC plans to decide whether to take action on pollock fishing limitation Read the rest here 11:01

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McDonald’s tightlipped on MSC ‘sweetheart deal’ talk

February 11, 2013 ENGO, National

Fast food giant McDonald’s is paying for use of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) logo, a spokesman for the chain told Undercurrent News. McDonald’s announced in late January it is to use the blue MSC logo on its Filet-o-Fish sandwiches and Fish McBites.Industry speculation has focused on the motivation for this move, with sources suggesting it could be so McDonald’s is then able to use if the Russian fishery successfully concludes its MSC,,,,,, Read more here

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McDonald’s getting their feet wet. The Dented Bucket

November 28, 2012 National, North Pacific

McDonald’s will be launching, late this year, their $1 Fish McBites. I’m guessing the fish is U.S. caught Alaskan pollock. This is the opposite of buy local, keep your dollars in town. This is the other business model: fish/ process industry partners with mega-food giant McDonald’s and comes up with product at a very affordable price. The pollock industry ….Read More http://www.thedentedbucket.com/

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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