08-22-2008, 02:41 PM
Chukar chaser,
I just read that article and didn't notice any errors but see how such communications can be interpreted by the average joe as negative toward eating bass rather than what it really says which is they probably are not significantly worse than any store bought stuff.
I know a PhD guy that grew tilapia in virtual waste water that was high in everything including mercury. His fish passed the tests in the tissue that people normally eat. He said the high levels built up in the organs and other areas that are not eaten so the fact that the toxins are there (somewhere) is moot. I would be interested to see the actual values of mercury found in the bass for individual bodies of water and, most importantly, the specific areas of the bass's body so that I could evaluate the information myself rather than read a very broad brush negative report.
Also, these reports are not new for those of us watching places such as the Snake River and associated reservoirs. They have included trout in the past. Nobody cares to say where the mercury (and chrome) is coming from but occasionally I see where somebody speculates that it is either from coal fired power plants or from gold mining in northern Nevada. If it is coal fired power plants then the rest of the world is in big trouble compared to us Idaho folks.....
FR
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I just read that article and didn't notice any errors but see how such communications can be interpreted by the average joe as negative toward eating bass rather than what it really says which is they probably are not significantly worse than any store bought stuff.
I know a PhD guy that grew tilapia in virtual waste water that was high in everything including mercury. His fish passed the tests in the tissue that people normally eat. He said the high levels built up in the organs and other areas that are not eaten so the fact that the toxins are there (somewhere) is moot. I would be interested to see the actual values of mercury found in the bass for individual bodies of water and, most importantly, the specific areas of the bass's body so that I could evaluate the information myself rather than read a very broad brush negative report.
Also, these reports are not new for those of us watching places such as the Snake River and associated reservoirs. They have included trout in the past. Nobody cares to say where the mercury (and chrome) is coming from but occasionally I see where somebody speculates that it is either from coal fired power plants or from gold mining in northern Nevada. If it is coal fired power plants then the rest of the world is in big trouble compared to us Idaho folks.....
FR
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