Frontage words - Nov 23, 2009

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Gone fishing: for a big opportunity

by Neil Gough, in Qingdao
SCMP, page A1 and A3 November 23, 2009


1. China is the world's biggest fishing nation by a long stretch
- by far -

2. ... China in 2007 was more than double the haul for the world's second-biggest fishing country
- the number of fish caught -

3. a new staple fish for human
- a main element in a diet -

4. If successful, Ng's gambit on Chilean jack mackerel...
- an initial risk calculated to gain an advantage -

5. ... stocks of cod [...] became depleted due to overfishing
- diminished in number -

6. capping the annual haul at levels that are sustainable
- restricting, limiting -

7. Demand for Pacific Andes' Alaska pollock products soared throughout the 1990s
- rose, increased -

8. boats will use giant hoses to pump fish
- a flexible tube -

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