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Show GET READY FOR FISH DAY OH MARCH9 WASHINGTON, Msrch 2 8scretsry Alsxsndsr todsy to-dsy urged sll Amsricsns to eat fish for st least one mssl on Msrch 9, dssig-nsted dssig-nsted nstienal fish dsy. The secretary of commerce in a etatemsnt making the request, i .also asked fish deslers to give I the public an opportunity to buy I -the best fish at reasonable prices. America has plsnty ef fish, the secretary ssid, but its people peo-ple are among the smsllest consumers con-sumers cf fish in the world. The people of Greet Britain, he said, eat AS pounda of fish a year per person, 8wsdsn 52 pounds, Nor-wsy Nor-wsy 44 pounds and Cansda 30 pounds, while the svsrsge American eats but 16 pounds. |