In any case, the steel industry took a dive in the 80's because of exorbitant labor costs not "the fish choice."
Having gone to school with a daughter of a steel mill owner, I am aware that America still has steel mills. What it no longer has is the number of mills and the annual tonnage relative to population and relative to other nations.
Having also been on the Florida Sierra Club’s Executive Committee, I can assure you that enviro “claim” has been carefully designed to be a ‘drain’ on the American system of business.
Goal: destroy American economic function so that collectivism can replace individualism.