look what brazil does

[deangelo]

as long as they use it for food it's all right..it's worse in peru where i heard they kill mouth brooding silver aros just to get their fry to sell to the hobby...

 

[Onion01]

I heard that it was like a status thing to eat arowanas. You know like caviar or soemthing.

those are asian arows that are eaten for status. Silvers are a (relatively) normal food source for the river people

 

[killerlexus]

peacock bass is a good eating sport fish, and gars are way too boney to eat.

 

[midnight]

watch andrew zimmern show and anthony bourdain.
i seen all this on the zimmern show not to long ago at fish markets
snakeheads
aros
parahnas
armored catfish
many kinds of catfish
mantis shrimp "i think people keep those"
and theres lots more.
one place ate guinea pigs.
watch those 2 shows and you wont be so in the dark.

 

[Tongue33]

Here ya go

I ate arowana in Iquique, Chile. It was cooked over a wood firepit on moist banana palm fronds. Wasn't told the spices but, tasted garlic, chive, lime zest, and banana. It was incredible. The flesh was firm, flaky, and moist. It was delicious. Also tried aro in CA. We cooked it over a BBQ with salt/pepper, onion, garlic, shaved pineapple, and a hint of dill weed. It was also excellent. Same cookout as the aro, we also had RB pacu in a salsa/tequila sauce. Thumbs up on the pacu, too.

Sounds really tasty to me

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37485&highlight=arowana

 

[Mystix212]

In Thailand, believe it or not, Clown Loches are considered a food fish. The worst part is that they take the big, fat mature ones.

 

[jd300]

i find it very sad to see but i not going to critize another country culture as well as they may find some our ways strange as well

 

[Onion01]

i find it very sad to see but i not going to critize another country culture as well as they may find some our ways strange as well

there is nothing sad about it. they are highly prized over here, but over there they are just common native fish. I am sure my cousin would cry at the sight of me eating a gar (not that i would )

 

[jd300]

there is nothing sad about it. they are highly prized over here, but over there they are just common native fish. I am sure my cousin would cry at the sight of me eating a gar (not that i would )

only reason why i find it sad because i value them so much as pets ,maybe not sad to others ,just in my thoughts

 

[Onion01]

only reason why i find it sad because i value them so much as pets ,maybe not sad to others ,just in my thoughts

perfectly understandable