20 November 2011

Alaska Ocean ~ McD's Catcher-Processor Fiship...

Thanks to gCaptain for spotting the Alaska Ocean -- what they call the "McDonald's Fish Ship"...
"If you have ever eaten a McDonald’s Filet-o-fish there is a good chance that it came from the Alaska Ocean. The Alaska Ocean is the largest catcher/processor ship in the U.S. fleet with a capacity to catch and process 300 tons of Alaskan Pollock each day. The Alaska Ocean yearly catch accounts for nearly 40% of commercial caught fish in the U.S."
The image above is actually of a beautiful scale model custom-built for the Smithsonian by Erik Ronnberg Jr. And here's a little snippet from NatGeo about the AO...

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