Results tagged “fish”

Buttkiss, the old Queens fish we wrote about last year, has made it all the way to NPR! The black pacu is about to turn 44 years old (though we were told he was 41 back in September), which is twice the normal lifespan of these fish. more ›

A huge aquarium with sharks, rays, penguins and more may be coming to Times Square. More animals for the a zoo! The developer, Toronto resident Jerry Shefsky says he’s signed preliminary papers to rent an office building on the west side of the square. Though the agreement isn’t final yet, he hopes the $100 million project will get underway by April. An aquarium in a skyscraper? Whatever! Shefksy, who’s built aquariums and shopping centers worldwide agrees: "It's anything but an aquarium in the format you might imagine," he said. more ›

Did you know that in Japan, restaurants waste virtually nothing, and cooks transform unused ingredients like fish heads, bones, vegetable peels and scraps of wagyu beef into dishes eaten during the staff meals, or "makanai"? Supposedly, this act of extraneous alchemy yields delicious results, and EN Japanese Brasserie in the West Village is starting a regular series of special feasts using all these leftover bits. more ›

A Staten Island seaport received nearly 22 tons of frozen tilapia — valued at $49,000 — but the freshwater fish got away before the importers could pick them up, a new lawsuit alleges. According to the Staten Island Advance, Great American Seafood Imports LLC says it was wronged by the New York Container Terminal, where 43,500 pounds of seafood somehow went missing in 2008. The massive shipment of frozen fish arrived from China on Dec. 12, 2008. But when Great American Seafood tried to pick up the delivery on Dec. 16, the tilapia had already been given "to an unknown person and/or entity," according to court documents. It remains unclear what happened to the fish. more ›

A Queens man could face almost three years in jail after he was caught trying to smuggle a suitcase full of endangered fish from Malaysia to JFK. And Chee Thye Chaw, 47, probably would have gotten away with it too, if the airline hadn't lost his luggage. Chaw allegedly packed 16 live Bonytongues in plastic water bags inside a styrofoam-lined suitcase. The fish are highly sought-after and sell for $5,000 to $8,000 in Chinatown; some say the metallic-looking Bonytongues bring instant wealth and good luck. Like when you luck out and the airline loses your luggage! more ›

It's a fad that seems tailor-made for jokes about stupid city-slickers: sophisticated ladies are paying good money to put their feet in a water tank and let fish suck off their dead skin. It's long been popular in Asia, and now the process is catching on in New York, where beauty parlors like Ritz Nails in Astoria have charged customers $50 for the privilege of feeding carp with their feet. It seems like a win-win for everyone involved, but Senator Jeff Klein wants to ban the practice! That's too bad, because as this video shows, Post reporter Jennifer Fermino has a lot of dead skin and could feed thousands of hungry fish. (We called Ritz Nails and the owner told us that since the Post story broke, he's no longer doing the carp pedicure, because, "I don't want to be famous.") more ›

After a campaign to get 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan to join Twitter, he has finally joined—"His rep confirmed to Gossip Cop that he signed up this morning." His Twitter handle: RealTracyMorgan. First Tweet: "Welcome To Tracy Morgans World..." Aw, yeah—maybe now he can Twitter about his fish tanks (like imagine the Tweets he would have sent when they caught fire!) and whatever else pops into his mind. more ›

"Big fish eat little fish," says the wisdom of the city. Meet Buttkiss, the black pacu who has eaten more than 175,000 fish during his residence in Queens. “We feed him twenty-five goldfish every other day,” says Steve Gruebel, the owner of Cameo Pet Shop in Richmond Hill. You do the math. He’s been in the shop continuously since 1970, becoming a Richmond Hill landmark in that time. more ›

Oh no: The Staten Island Advance reports on some sad news about the beautiful fish tanks in the Staten Island Ferry's St. George Terminal: Apparently only 40 of the 400 tropical fish have survived since being introduced last year.

Over the past 12 months, most of the delicate fish have died; some became the lunch of aggressive tankmates, while others were stressed from people banging on the glass, aquarium experts said. Aquarists have said the fish were also stressed because the constant lighting in the bright terminal kept them from having a necessary restorative sleep cycle. more ›

Hey pescatarians (that means you too, "vegetarians" who eat fish), you are officially on PETA's radar. Newsday is reporting that "in attempt to pressure consumers with guilt, the group wants fish to be rebranded as 'sea kittens'." They've launched a website and set up a fact sheet about sea kittens, saying they feel pain and affection. more ›

Neighbors' apartment smells can be a constant source of frustration, but a group of nuns are suing two tenants for stinking up a Gramercy-area building. The Post reports that the Missionary Sisters of Sacred Heart, which owns 201 East 19th Street, accuse Gloria and Michael Lim of "caus[ing] noxious, foul and harmful odors to emanate from the [apartment] into the common areas...as well into other apartments." One time, the fire department was called because people were convinced someone had died in the building; the FDNY focused on the Lims' apartment, where Gloria Lim said she was "smoking and drying fish." Since the Lims reportedly refused to "stop the stank or at least open their windows," the Missionary Sisters are trying to block Lim from further fishy antics and for $75,000 in damages. more ›

You just can't have nice things on Staten Island. When Gloria and Eric Glickman woke up Monday morning to feed the koi in their gorgeous backyard man-made pond, they were shocked to discover that between eight and 10 of their "prizewinning" (seriously) Japanese fish had vanished! more ›

This week Frank Bruni files two shorter reviews for the Times instead of handing down his usual hefty decision on a single restaurant. He heads east to follow up on Sushi Yashuda on 43rd Street, declaring that from the time it opened "more than eight years ago, when William Grimes awarded it three stars in The New York Times, it has been among the best. And a recent visit suggested that there’s been no slippage, no drift." On the other hand, the expensive new urban rustic restaurant Forge, the premiere of Marc Forgione (son of famous chef Larry Forgione), is stillborn: Like Ziggy Marley or Sofia Coppola, Marc Forgione has chosen to follow in some daunting paternal footsteps... I found the kitchen’s performance inconsistent, and on one visit the wait for food was ridiculously long, especially since the restaurant wasn’t crowded. It has scores of seats to fill, most alluringly in its spacious bar area. There you can enjoy house cocktails mixed with real thought, not just sops to the fashion of the times." more ›

The Department of Environmental Conservation says the Indian Point nuclear plant kills hundreds of thousands--if not millions--of fish and eggs each year. According to the Post, the fish are "sucked to their death by the cooling system." The plant's owner, Entergy, had previously claimed the fish populations were fine. Related: Entergy has agreed to pay NY State $72 million a year through 2014. There are concerns the company's spin-off plans could end up costing tax-payers, but Attorney General Cuomo seems okay with the plan so far, "I'm pleased that in this period of economic belt tightening, my office's vigilance saved the State from being ripped off by Entergy." more ›

The new fish tanks at the Staten Island Ferry terminal have already prompted two complaints. But not the kind you think: The Staten Island Advance reports "two ferry riders expressed their annoyance that they missed their ride because they were too busy admiring the fish and didn't hear the announcements the boat was boarding." more ›

A reported fish fatality in the Staten Island Ferry's newly installed $750,000 fish tanks has spurred a lively discussion about what could be happening to the scaly creatures on SILive's forums. One poster wrote the fish death (perhaps the second) was "possibly a princess parrot fish...By 7:30AM it hadn't become a meal yet, but some of his buddies were starting to show some [interest]." more ›