slaughtered without suffering the stress and
physical damage of being hooked, netted, or
dumped en masse on deck; and they can be
processed and chilled immediately and
cleanly, thus prolonging their period of
maximum quality.
The Oceans’ Silver Streams
Fish...may seem a mean and a base
commodity; yet who will but truly take the
pains and consider the sequel, I think will
allow it well worth the labour.... The poor
Hollanders chiefly by fishing at a great
charge and labour in all weathers in the
open sea,...are made so mighty, strong,
and rich, as no state but Venice of twice
their magnitude is so well furnished, with
so many fair cities, goodly towns, strong
fortresses.... The sea [is] the source of
those silver streams of all their virtue,
which hath made them now the very
miracle of industry, the only pattern of