Name That Fish Disease!

Before you go ahead and click the images below, be warned, its pretty nasty! However, this disease is fairly common and can effect multiple species of fish. This particular case is the worst I have seen to date.

Caught and photographed by Luc Graveline. The pike was caught in the Lavase River, in North Bay Ontario.

via OFNC

Fishing Accident Dumps 400K Dead Fish

Omega Protein Company boats about 3 miles from Mississippi Sound were fishing for Menhaden when they apparently snagged debris under the water and the boats’ nets tore open dropping 400 thousand dead fish into the water. Menhaden are not fish used for human consumption, the Omega Protein apparently processes these fish into fish meal and fish oil based products used in pet food and agricultural products.

Interestingly enough I read this on the wiki page about Menhaden.

Menhaden are not used for human consumption. They die quickly, and they spoil rapidly if not immediately gutted and iced. They are also very bony and smelly.

Though there are no photos, you can imagine how disgusting it must be.

via WREG

BBQ’d Tongue Eating Fish Parasite!

MMMM! Delicious! I love a good BBQ, but I can say with absolute certainty that BBQing a cymothoa exigua isn’t going to make it taste any better. That being said, these parasites do no real damage to fish they inhabit. And according to reliable sources, eating fish containing the parasite is perfectly safe.

Personally I’d be a little put off if something this gnarly looking crawled out of the face of my dinner, and so was David…

I purchased a 6kg pack of sea bass, cleaned and gutted four and popped two of them on my barbecue.

After about 10 minutes I turned them over, and after a further 5 minutes went to check on them. It must have become too hot in there for the parasite, which became visible half out of the fish’s mouth.

I didn’t realize what it was, so didn’t check to see if the fish still had a tongue. I’m not even sure if the parasite crawled out, or was pushed out as a result of the fish cooking.

We are not intending to eat sea bass for a while!!

Regards,
David

Thanks David!