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Yuletide Fish Delicacies Dominate Christmas Trade
Washington reports a diverse holiday seafood menu favored by many communities. Carp and eel from Wisconsin and Minnesota, lutefish soaked to edible, red snapper from Gulf states, and octopus from Europe and Mexico shape a changing Christmas trade. Capitone live eels from the St Lawrence basin once fetched high prices but foreign tastes have faded since the war.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Fish and Wildlife Service
Turkey
Norway
New York
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Campeche
Gulf of Mexico
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Maine
Portugal
Spain
Italy
Mexico
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Hudson River
Lake Champlain
St. Lawrence