• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Is this unusual? I thought wild-caught fish often (usually?) had parasitic worms in it, and that they were generally not dangerous to humans, at least as long as the fish was cooked. There’s a video I saw, which I don’t suggest looking up, in which a chef explains that he knows the fish is fresh if the worms are still moving.

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        5 months ago

        Pretty sure parasites are widely present among wild fish. Not defending fish farms, but parasites aren’t only present on fish farms

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        Pretty sure that’s a selection bias, since most fish that are eaten - or would otherwise be examined for parasites - are farm-raised fish.

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            1. That article neither supports nor denies your claim: it just says parasites have evolved resistance to what was previously used against them.

            2. The major issue there is with the anti parasite treatment: that is what is killing herring.

            3. Parasites do not magically appear from nowhere. They are species which have co-evolved with their hosts for millennium. These fish parasites are extremely common across the entire ocean. Farms just provide a place for large groups of fish to get infected.

            All of which is to say that parasites in fish are common in wild fish which are never near farms.

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      5 months ago

      I suppose it depends on what type, and if they are hazardous to humans.

      Worms- ok. Worms that also affect us - not OK.

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    5 months ago

    It’s presumably wild caught fish. Fish live in the ocean. So do parasites. Now, if they were LIVE parasites in a canned product, that’s some crazy shit

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    I used to work in a fish market that processed wild caught fish fresh every day. Nearly every single fish we cut had some worms in it. Cod was the worst, salmon was middle of the road, flat fish like flounder seemed to be the least wormy but still had it. Maybe they were just harder to spot idk.

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      5 months ago

      Can we talk about your experience with swordfish, if any? I’ve heard horror stories about massive worms in swordfish

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    5 months ago

    so… the shipment of sardines was 16 tons? or the worms were 16 tons?

    That’s a big worm…