Iron County Record | 1942-05-07 | Page 9 | A Former Lobster Bait, Sea Perch is in Demand

' A Former Lobster Bait, Sea Perch Is in Demand PORTLAND, MAINE. Although strikes, bad weather and war-bans have choked off the usual supply of ocean fish for New Englandurs, thousands of pounds of pink sea perch daily are being shipped to western and mldwestern communities. communi-ties. Perhaps because it lacks a distinctive dis-tinctive taste, natives here rarely eat perch, preferring halibut, haddock had-dock and cod. But inlanders relish the small fish and in 1941 alone one large company bought 10,000,000 pounds from local fishermen. Before 1938 and the erection of a large fish processing plant in Portland, Port-land, the sea perch, also known as rose, brim or red fish, was almost a nuisance to draggers. Then the fish was sold generally for lobster bait