Glowing Barramundi Stocked in Australian Lake

[JasonsPlecosCichlids]

Australia’s Lake Kununurra has glowing barramundi and the aussies are just fine with that. In fact they planned it that way.

Captive bred barramundi fish stocked in Lake Kununurra undergo an unusual process prior to being released.

Jeff Cooper of the Kimberley Training Institute who has overseen the stocking of 70,000 barramundi told ABC Kimberly about the process: "Because they are 50 millimetres [about an inch and a half] in size, they're a little bit too small to put a normal tag into. We've found an organic compound that we've effectively bathed them in at a small size and they've been able to take that up and it embeds on their bones."

The result is neon, glowing barramundi.

Mr. Cooper says this process is only for identification and that eating the glowing fish posses “absolutely no harm to anyone who wants to eat them."

This reminds we of a story we ran about glow-in-the-dark sushi.

The glowing barramundi are part of a $700,000 State Government restocking project.

 

[Aquanero]

That’s an unusual approach I never heard of that before. I wonder if it makes them more susceptible to predation.

 

[RampageRR]

That’s an unusual approach I never heard of that before. I wonder if it makes them more susceptible to predation.

That's a very good point. I wonder if they glow all the time or are just highly reflective with a separate light source (the sun)? If they aren't literally glowing in the dark, then I guess it wouldn't be too bad as far as predation.

Also, mark me down for not being the first in line to eat any glow in the dark infused fish.

 

[Chub_by]

Pic not mine of course. Looks pretty cool tbf.

 

[Aquanero]

I guess it must glow under a black light. Other wise it would be diffacult to avoid being eaten by prdeators. I wonder what they are trying to ID with this you can't differentiate one fish from another like with a tag. Unless they have different colors for different years. I also agree I'm not going to eat a glowing fish makes me a little nervious.

 

[Chicxulub]

I guess it must glow under a black light. Other wise it would be diffacult to avoid being eaten by prdeators. I wonder what they are trying to ID with this you can't differentiate one fish from another like with a tag. Unless they have different colors for different years. I also agree I'm not going to eat a glowing fish makes me a little nervious.

Or the UV light emitted by the sun I'd imagine. I'd wager this process is essentially the same thing as a Glofish danio.