Posted on 04/09/2016 8:06:36 AM PDT by MtnClimber
To control the spread of lionfish, ecologists and chefs are trying to make it a mainstream meal option. American seafood enthusiasts have spent years dining on salmon, shrimp, and the occasional mahi mahi. Now a new, rather unexpected fish is starting to creep onto menus and into seafood shelves at supermarkets: lionfish. MORE FROM CIVIL EATS Civil Eats How One Visionary Changed School Food in Detroit What Happens When You Teach Math in the Garden? 5 Things to Know About the Congressional Battle over School Lunch As a growing number of people become aware of the vast environmental havoc this small fish can wreak, a group of fish vendors, chefs, and diners are realizing that the best way to control the threat might just be to eat our way out of it. Seafood Watch, a program that assesses and rates the sustainability of seafood options, started looking into lionfish last year after fielding inquiries from local chefs and consumers who were interested in eating the species. At first, the organization declined to provide a recommendation because there is not yet an established commercial fishery for lionfish, said Ryan Bigelow, outreach program manager for the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch. But the more they heard, the more interested they became, and, in October 2015, the group released its first report on lionfish, labeling it a “best choice,” the highest available rating.
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I;m saving that menu for Hillary Haiti-Because she and her mutant spawn will steal everything,
It’s been done successfully before. For decades, the patagonian toothfish was a junk catch..the fishermen tossed it back. Then some real marketing genius renamed it chilean sea bass,and it took off..became so popular that it made the endangered species list..before they figured out how to farm enough commercially.
I’ve heard that VA bureaucrats are tasty.
American seafood enthusiasts have spent years dining on salmon, shrimp, and the occasional mahi mahi. Now a new, rather unexpected fish is starting to creep onto menus and into seafood shelves at supermarkets: lionfish.
As a growing number of people become aware of the vast environmental havoc this small fish can wreak, a group of fish vendors, chefs, and diners are realizing that the best way to control the threat might just be to eat our way out of it.
Seafood Watch, a program that assesses and rates the sustainability of seafood options, started looking into lionfish last year after fielding inquiries from local chefs and consumers who were interested in eating the species. At first, the organization declined to provide a recommendation because there is not yet an established commercial fishery for lionfish, said Ryan Bigelow, outreach program manager for the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch. But the more they heard, the more interested they became, and, in October 2015, the group released its first report on lionfish, labeling it a “best choice,” the highest available rating.
Eurasian collared doves are shot by dove hunters, frequently in the off-season, due to the fact they are considered an invasive species and they aren’t protected. I haven’t been dove hunting in years but seems like they would provide good shooting.
We catch them when I, use to, vacation in Cozumel. It is like a bluegill fry. Pain in the ass to prepare but anything is good deep fried.
Eating Muslims?
“To Serve Man.”
I went into a fish store and one of the fish called me “handsome.” I said “I’ll take thay lyin’ fish!”
Beef isn’t native to N. America. Does that make it an invasive species?
Different fish, Pacific Slimehead are from greater depths.
Tilapia are farm raised now.
Don’t like them, too soft, same reason I don’t like catfish.
Now, Striped Bass on the other hand...are fit for a king.
Those are actually pretty good.
Eat an invasive species?
Nothing, and I repeat “nothing”, would ever make me consider eating a so-called “progressive” ... the cannibal thing aside, they probably taste like the shit they believe in.
Liberals don’t have much muscle, just fat.
While generally lacking in taste, what taste they do have tends to be bitter and off putting.
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Around here (Arizona), collared doves have a 365-day season with no limit. Unfortunately, I only see them in town, where shooting them with shotguns is frowned upon. The few that I have picked off with an air rifle are tasty indeed.
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