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Overfishing Plagues Filet-O-Fish's Main Ingredient

New Zealand's hoki center of overfishing controversy

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 10, 2009 10:01 AM CDT

(Newser) – What exactly is the fish in a Filet-O-Fish sandwich? It’s a bug-eyed creature from New Zealand called the hoki, and it is apparently under pressure from overfishing, the New York Times reports. New Zealand—while not specifically citing that cause—has been cutting the... Read full story »

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Overfishing Plagues Filet-O-Fish's Main Ingredient

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