First, bonito is not tuna. Second, the reason there is a season for bonito is because of the parasites.
Scientists Find Worms in Almost Every Fish in a Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected
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Re: Scientists Find Worms in Almost Every Fish in a Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected
#32Move over mahi-mahi, here comes maha tuna.
Re: Scientists Find Worms in Almost Every Fish in a Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected
#33Any angler will know that, in some lakes, it seems like every fish is full of worms. I've always dealt with that by frying the crap out of them -- no medium-rare bass for me, sorry. Alternatively, I'm sure they're fine after a few weeks in the freezer. Rivers seem to be better, with worm presence (or at least, obvious worm presence) being less common. Additionally, I've never seen worms in bottom-feeding fish like ca…
>Additionally, I've never seen worms in bottom-feeding fish like catfish and carp. no just the heavy metals you can see...
Everything in moderation! With the big predators you get mercury, with the bottom-feeders you get persistent lipophilic compounds like PCBs and PFAS.
I could just fish for perch, but what's the fun in that?
(I'm mostly kidding, I love fishing for perch too.)
Re: Scientists Find Worms in Almost Every Fish in a Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected
#34Why is the headline trying to make it sound like it's new or a big deal? That's a terrible sensationalist website btw...
Is that why it's flagged?
Re: Scientists Find Worms in Almost Every Fish in a Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected
#35Land based fish farms might be the future for seafood. Actually rooting for Nordic Halibut and Salmon Evolution.
Antibiotics of all sorts, runoff, etc... There's no magic panacea. Thai and Vietnamese shrimp farms have been known to kill of swaths of mangroves. This you can find from a Google search.
On a more anecdotal basis, I've also heard that Norwegian salmon is fed quite a cocktail of antibiotics etc and some people for that reason prefer New Zealand or Scottish salmon. Again this part I have no evidence.
So anyway my point is that it's definitely not as easy as it seems unless I misunderstand what "land based" means, I just assume they're fish farms not in the open sea but somewhere in a lake or an artificially made pool.