trash fish
noun
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: a usually marine fish having little or no market value as human food but used sometimes in the production of fish meal
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Once extremely common but rejected by most for its slimy ugliness, it was thought of as a trash fish, judged suitable only for dog food.
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T.w. Pietsch, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
Numerous campaigns by environmental groups are looking to rebrand trash fish.
—Ret Talbot, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2014
As a brand, Asian carp have two big problems: The name strikes many as both racially insensitive and decidedly unpalatable — a trash fish.
—Peter Kendall, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
And his plan to beat the coronavirus relies on history’s trash fish.
—Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2020
Truth is, trash fish, or rough fish, often save the day when more civilized species like bass and trout won’t co-oper-ate.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2019
Hell, even when those species are biting, trash fish make for a nice heretical change of pace and some good lowbrow fun.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2019
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T.w. Pietsch, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
Numerous campaigns by environmental groups are looking to rebrand trash fish.
—Ret Talbot, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2014
As a brand, Asian carp have two big problems: The name strikes many as both racially insensitive and decidedly unpalatable — a trash fish.
—Peter Kendall, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
And his plan to beat the coronavirus relies on history’s trash fish.
—Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2020
Truth is, trash fish, or rough fish, often save the day when more civilized species like bass and trout won’t co-oper-ate.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2019
Hell, even when those species are biting, trash fish make for a nice heretical change of pace and some good lowbrow fun.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2019
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