Re: Orange roughy

Kathleen wrote:

Pixmaker wrote:

I recall reading (somewhere) that Orange Roughy was considered a
"nuisance fish" or a "junk fish" having no commercial value. In fact,
I believe Auistralians called it a "slimehead."

And then-a name change!

This may not be true but it's an interesting story.

I've seen several stories on the plague of asian carp in local rivers.
Not only do they out-compete indigenous species, they also have the
alarming habit of going airborn when startled, with numerous collisions
between boaters and large fish reported.

The commercial market for these fish is pretty limited. One proposal
was to sell them to the state prisons to feed to inmates. Another canny
fellow suggested re-naming the species "silver salmon", at which point
they'd be able to charge a fortune for them.

I've been eating basa lately -- great taste and $3.99US a pound as a
regular price at my mundane supermarket. I find that they're considered a
threat by USan catfish producers. The don't look like any catfish I've
seen, but apparently they've been marketed here as catfish (which they're
called in Viet Nam, from which they're imported). Politics aside, I
recommend them. Yum.


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