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November 2, 2023
How Squid Was Transformed From Fish Bait to a Wildly-Popular Appetizer
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China: The Superpower of Seafood
A four-year investigation looks at human rights and environmental crimes on Chinese fishing ships.
In the late 1970s few Americans ate squid and it was mainly used for fish bait. Five years later it was a wildly popular appetizer on hundreds of restaurant menus in the US. This is the story of the magic of marketing and the perils of globalized products.
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