12-03-2012, 03:13 PM
Thanks for sharing with our forum Adam. Real information is always appreciated. Well - should be anyway.
Caught the episode. Some good catching!
We've had some great reports from you guide there, and seen some impressive piles of ling. Would love to try some of that poor man's lobster someday!
Good luck with the Burbot Bash - hope it's a smash! Will we get a report after the event?
I know larger fish were subject to limited consumption, but I never did catch any actual numbers in the report. How much mercury are we talking about and how does it compare to what's considered "safe"?
RPF: Superpowers.... wow, really? I know Porcupine is one that's been mentioned as having high mercury. Utah lake has a tradition of toxicity, as do some of the rivers around factories. Then there's agriculture - I know of folks who question fish from Cutler/Bear. But I'm not dead yet!
I've seen reports from Idaho on waters and contaminent concerns. Perhaps Utah has such advisory's published somewhere?
It's a matter of selective harvest. You can catch big fish, but the ones best targetted for the basket going home are medium, smaller fish, or selecting the brands that eat more bugs and such, and are lower on the food chain. It's them top predators, big ol fat fish - that are likely to have accumulated more toxins.
But I'll still take a fresh fish over some farm-raised factory product - personally (but I'm not pregnant, or under 15!)
Caught the episode. Some good catching!
We've had some great reports from you guide there, and seen some impressive piles of ling. Would love to try some of that poor man's lobster someday!
Good luck with the Burbot Bash - hope it's a smash! Will we get a report after the event?
I know larger fish were subject to limited consumption, but I never did catch any actual numbers in the report. How much mercury are we talking about and how does it compare to what's considered "safe"?
RPF: Superpowers.... wow, really? I know Porcupine is one that's been mentioned as having high mercury. Utah lake has a tradition of toxicity, as do some of the rivers around factories. Then there's agriculture - I know of folks who question fish from Cutler/Bear. But I'm not dead yet!
I've seen reports from Idaho on waters and contaminent concerns. Perhaps Utah has such advisory's published somewhere?
It's a matter of selective harvest. You can catch big fish, but the ones best targetted for the basket going home are medium, smaller fish, or selecting the brands that eat more bugs and such, and are lower on the food chain. It's them top predators, big ol fat fish - that are likely to have accumulated more toxins.
But I'll still take a fresh fish over some farm-raised factory product - personally (but I'm not pregnant, or under 15!)