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- Marine Conservation Society suggested British shoppers buy wild-caught sea bass instead of cod.
- Michael Heaton of Warminster, Wiltshire, said “sea bass” is an American term and Britain has only one bass species.
- He called the suggestion insulting because sea bass is nicer than cod but unsuitable for battering.
- Elaine Hoare of Buckinghamshire recalled buying herring for tea on Isle of Man in 1950s at five for a shilling.