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#1 Post by samo »

i heard one of the major food chain stores in the u.k has stopped selling monkfish any one here the same. i think they said it was because there was pressure on the stocks. the trawler blokes said that it was based on non scientific evidence
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#2 Post by barry murphy »

didnt hear that but more of that the better :D :D :D
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#3 Post by donal domeney »

Monk fish is not on sale in shops here. What is sold under the name of monkfish is anglerfish which are two different species
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#4 Post by samo »

its not in ireland its in the u.k it was on sky news yesterday morning i think it was asda who are stopping the sale of monkfish i can buy monkfish down on baggot street?
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