Waiting for Fish ship-reprints Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Assistant Secretary of the Navy

and the flowing melt of sea-scented ice

all eyes were glued to live coverage of a United Nations debate on the Mideast

In the 1960s

Waiting for Fish ship-reprints Assistant Secretary of the NavyGulls, seemingly aware of nearby signs, wait to feed at the Fulton Street Fish Market in 1971. The writing on the wall, so to speak, announced a full menu of the good stuff oysters, clams and smoked fish _ that arrived daily at the fish market, a fixture in Lower Manhattan for 180 years. The historic Fulton Fish Market closed in November 2005 and began operating out of a new gleaming refrigerated hub in the Bronx. Dan Barry of The Times gave the fish