Live Clarias Catfish $8.99lb

[xraycer]

Interesting read. Makes me rethink about the negative things you hear/read about, especially about things from China. Are these things 100% truthful or just dirty propaganda tactics by competitors?
http://www.chefs-resources.com/seaf...ion-recipes/is-vietnamese-swai-and-basa-safe/

 

[Thekid]

So there are no large predatory FW native to HI, just Gobies that likely evolved from the ocean?
You ever eat a Flathead? lol Pangasius is American......South

Flathead is ok. But I prefer channel cats then blues then flathead.

 

[joshua752]

Channel catfish is the best for sure then I like flathead and,blues equally I hate bullheads dirty mud catfish

 

[MN_Rebel]

I'd rather eat a bullhead than a swai. Tried swai, I was disappointed at its bland flavor almost like farm raised tilapia. Flathead is a little too strong fishy flavorful but I love bullheads and channels out of icy waters in winters or in early spring time.

 

[joshua752]

bulkhead are not for me,but good eat them all

 

[krichardson]

Here is the only native FW predator, aside from a few saltwater species that reside in brackish areas.


Closeup image of the O'opu Akupa swimming in an aquarium.

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Interesting looking fish.I'm surprised it has not made it's way into the hobby by now.

 

[Wailua Boy]

Interesting looking fish.I'm surprised it has not made it's way into the hobby by now.

They are cooling fish, with those large pectoral fins. I believe they are illegal to export but could be collected for personal uses in aquariums or fishing purposes. Their numbers are supposedly fairly stable in the wild. Here is another picture and some background.

http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/wildlife/files/2013/09/Fact-Sheet-oopu-akupa.pdf

 

[rodger]

$8.99 a pound, imagine what we pay per pound for some of the aquarium species we keep.

Frank Castle

I just spent about $1500 an lb for a fish yesterday. Never thought of it that way.

 

[Thekid]

I just spent about $1500 an lb for a fish yesterday. Never thought of it that way.

That's an interesting way of looking at it. I guess when you compare price per pound a st suddenly becomes much more reasonable.

 

[krichardson]

I just spent about $1500 an lb for a fish yesterday. Never thought of it that way.

That's King crab prices around here...what kind of fish did you get Rodger.