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Why you shouldn't eat alien catfish

Posted: 03 Mar 2014, 03:17
by Silurus

Re: Why you shouldn't eat alien catfish

Posted: 03 Mar 2014, 12:41
by Shane
I wish the author had compared concentrations of heavy metals in several frequently consumed fishes found in the river. It is no surprise that loricariids from a polluted river have high concentrations of heavy metals, but do they have higher levels than other frequently eaten fish in the same river? The conclusion is not to eat loricariids from the Ciliwung, but it may also be true that it is not safe to eat any fishes from the river.
-Shane

Re: Why you shouldn't eat alien catfish

Posted: 03 Mar 2014, 18:22
by racoll
Recently they banned sale of in Amazonas, partly due to concerns about mercury poisoning, and also because to catch them, fishermen kill river dolphins as bait.

It was stated that because they scavenge, have high mercury levels, but as Shane says, I hope this was based on actual comparative data, rather than just an assumption. Why would, say, a long-lived "top predator" like not have similar levels? Hardly reassuring.

Re: Why you shouldn't eat alien catfish

Posted: 03 Mar 2014, 20:11
by Durlänger
If you look at pics from the Ciliwung, it`s hard to believe fish can live in that dump :-O well upstream maybe.

Yes, instead of control goldwashing, were the mercury comes from, just forbid poor people, which cannot read, eating this or that fish, that will surely work :YMAPPLAUSE: ~X( :YMAPPLAUSE: