Believe it or not, September 4th is Toothfish Day – a national holiday on the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

The day marks the end of toothfish fishing season, around the islands. You might be more familiar with its fish de plume – Chilean Sea Bass.  

Patagonian Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)
Part of the 2001 Marine Fauna set issued by 
South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands
Designed by Roger Gorringe

Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)
Part of the 2021 Blue Belt Program set issued by
South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands
Designed by Andrew Robinson

 

The holiday was created to show the importance of the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) fishery and to spotlight the sustainable fishing practices of the industry in the territory.

The holiday dates back to at least 2012, when it was called ”Toothfish (end of season) Day” and took place on 14 September. The holiday replaced a previously undesignated bank holiday. It remained under that name and stayed in mid-September until 2015 when it was instituted as simply Toothfish Day and moved to 4 September.
South Georgia celebrates Toothfish Day; marks the end of Dissostichus eleginoides’, fishing season — MercoPress

In 2024 I looked at a date that has a stronger impact today, after watching the hatred and chaos spreading rapidly in the US. 
On September 4, 1957, after Federal courts issued an order sending the Little Rock 9 to Central High, in Little Rock,
an angry mob of adults gathered at the school to intimidate and harass the teenagers.
National Guard troops were called out to protect the children from the crowd of hysterically, angry white people.
Read more here: Little Rock 9 are greeted by an angry mob – Bitter Grounds Magazine