Louisiana chef leads charge on rebranding Asian carp

National Fisherman ^ | 3/13/18 | Samuel Hill

[Rebelbase]

Along the Mississippi River, fishermen and chefs are heading an effort to rid the ecosystem of invasive bighead and Asian silver carp the only way they know how — catching and eating them.

The two species were introduced to fish farm ponds in the central Midwest in the 1970s to clean murky pond water. Flooding allowed their escape into rivers, where they have reproduced in the wild and are outcompeting native species.

Louisiana Chef Philippe Parola has been expressing concern for native species of fish in Louisiana for years, worried about how shrimp, oyster, blue crab and other finfish that rely on plankton-rich waters could be destroyed by a sizable Asian carp population.

Parola has been on a campaign to convince officials in Louisiana and Illinois to support the Can’t Beat ‘Em, Eat ‘Em effort to rebrand Asian carp as silverfin for marketing purposes.

[Rebelbase]

What a world we live in. Bony trash fish are caught in the US to be sent to Vietnam to be de-boned then returned as filet to the US market.

Asian Carp = trash fish but Silver Fin = tasty and marketable.

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[pgkdan]

You don’t even need gear to catch the damn things...they jump right in your boat.

[PGR88]

That’s a lot of protein

[PJ-Comix]

Mississippi Jumping Trout sounds better than Silver Fin.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Silverfin is not that appetizing a name.
Why not something like Butterflake Yumfish?

[Hot Tabasco]

I’m waiting for river shotgun excursions to take off......

[PJ-Comix]

Most successful fish name change from a marketing POV was rebranding Patagonian Toothfish as Chilean Sea Bass. BTW, they are incredibly UGLY and look nothing like sea bass.

[Red Badger]

Mississippi Mahi..............

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I wouldn’t eat those damn things. Might as well eat the meals from the Temple of Doom movie.

[Vaquero]

Feed them bones and all to pigs. Turn them into bacon!

[Red Badger]

Dolphin (fish) became Mahi Mahi...............

[Buckeye McFrog]

Chilean Sea Bass was originally Patagonian Toothfish.

[Vince Ferrer]

Asian carp prosessing plant in Kentucky

[forgotten man]

The chef should prepare recipes for other invasive non native species. Grilled Burmese Python, roasted nutria, chocolate covered Argentine ants, steamed tumbleweed, would be good.

[NEMDF]

Maybe these could be canned for the food boxes POTUS proposed in place of food stamps?

[donozark]

Grandma loved Carp. She would cook them on a pine board. Then discard the Carp and eat the board.

[Red Badger]

Fish with scales and fins are okay, even if bony.

Cooking in a pressure cooker makes the bones crumble into dust.

Ever eat mackerel or salmon canned? They are cooked in the can bones and all................these fish could be done the same..................

[donozark]

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