Show 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 englanders thousands of pounds of pink sea perch daily are being shipped to western and midwestern communities perhaps because it lacks a distinctive tive taste natives here rarely eat perch preferring halibut haddock and cod but in landers relish the small fish and in 1941 alone one large company bought pounds from local fishermen before 1938 and the erection of a large fish processing plant in portland the sea perch also known as rose brim or red fish was almost a nuisance to draggers driggers dr aggers then the fish wag was sold generally for lobster bait |