I love fish, so I am not trying to yuck your yum, it is my yum, too. But I didn’t realize or I had conveniently forgotten that the fishermen oops fisherpeople who give us our yum have a pretty scary job. This from The Islands’ Institute latest edition of Working Waterfront:
“Hazardous working conditions, strenuous labor, long work hours and harsh weather make commercial fishing one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States. Nationwide from 2000-2009, 504 fishermen died on the job; 165 deaths occurred on the East Coast, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a department of the Centers for Disease Control.”
I am adding two heaping tablespoons of respect and a full cup of appreciation to my next bouillabaisse.