Eating Asian carp

[Jim]

Here is a video put together by some of my colleagues over in Missouri. I though you may find this interesting as it is something we will have to deal with very soon if not already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU_JSKwVUOE

I will definitely try the next one I get.

Jim

[Alphahawk]

In reading about this nuisance it seems the conventional wisdom to keep these at bay is to commercially harvest them and sell them. I have read numerous articles that say they are fine table fare. If I ever catch one I will try it.


Regards

[j19bill]

huh...I give eating one a shot...Lord know I've probably eat a lot worse stuff (like when I first got married)

[Fish Whisperer]

There's a show about people catching carp/asian carp for profit...

[Fish Whisperer]

I think it's called Bottom Feeders?

[Doc Marshall]

I saw and episode of "Anthony Bourdain" on the Travel Channel (in the Thailand) where people farm those things and fry them whole. Apparently -- and, lucky for us -- they're delicious.

[bd-]

The only downside is that they are extremely bony. It's kind of like our native buffalo fish - the meat is actually very good, but it's tough to get a bite of it that's not full of bones, even on a big fish. Regular fillet methods don't remove the Y bones, and in my experience, cutting them out is not nearly as simple as it appears to be in the video. Maybe I just need more practice at it.

They are such prolific breeders that harvest isn't going to dent the population, unless we can create a large-scale commercial fishing industry aimed at these fish. That's probably unlikely unless it's artificially created with some kind of federal subsidy to make it worthwhile for commercial industry to get into, and then you have the problem that you've created a large scale, big-money industry that is aimed at wiping out the very fish that make it profitable. Not surprisingly, market pressures would work against that.

Having said that, I'm all for eating them - every additional fish that's killed is at least one that's not still swimming around impacting the river.

bd

[Transplanted Sportsman]

West TN is thick with them!!, there is a slough that runs out of the Missisippi that is unreal how many fish holds for it's size, I duck hunt with some friends every late January and on slow days these fishe are the entretaiment, they are very good to eat (have had them befofre on a Mexican dish called "ceviche") on this dish you boil the fish because like BD said they are extremely bony, great table fare!!

[agelesssone]

Illinois already has a fishery that catches and processes these fish which they then sell to China, Turkey and other countries.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/12/us/12cnccarp.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[j19bill]

Illinois already has a fishery that catches and processes these fish which they then sell to China, Turkey and other countries.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/12/us/12cnccarp.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

At lest were selling something to them unlike everything else...

[ALANRAYG2]

I wonder how the would be canned or pickled? I bet a guy could make a ton of money if they can be pickled and canned bones and all.

[fishfindergeneral]

Very cool, thanks for posting.