poor dovii

[WildCAught]

i don't see why or how this is a bad thing? it's like us catching catfish or what not and eating them. it just so happens we keep fish like this. if you had to live off the land you wouldn't really care if you were eating a RTC, paraya, texas cichlid or some frontosas. dovii are probably like our largemouth bass down there.

That's exactly how it is down there. Although I'm not from Nicaragua. In El Salvador people will catch and eat beautiful specimens of motaguense and Trimac. remember in many cases some of the fish we consider very rare are a common site in their native lands. My family in El Salvador could not comprehend that a Motaguense "guapote" could run 50-100.00 for a good size one. here they are luxury there they are a staple food.

 

[Yakuza-Irezumi]

Strange seeing fish kept as pets with a certain following in this position.

 

[Burtess]

sport fish and catching fish for food are two different things..

sport fishermen put the fish back after they catch and injure them.. this is a sport i believe should be outlawed.

fishing for food is more honest IMO, catch what you can eat and eat what you catch.

You are keeping fish in a small glass box but catch and release sport fishing should be outlawed???

It is best to be consistent with ones thinkings....

Burt

 

[---XR---]

i don't see why or how this is a bad thing? it's like us catching catfish or what not and eating them. it just so happens we keep fish like this. if you had to live off the land you wouldn't really care if you were eating a RTC, paraya, texas cichlid or some frontosas. dovii are probably like our largemouth bass down there.

bassically what i was gonna say.

 

[at2]

well it still sucks to me either way. but i have even read about people eating clown loaches in their native countries. but i tottally understand how one mans pet is another mans food. they sometimes eat dogs in the philippnes!

 

[wataugachicken]

it's just a different way of life. if you do searches for "tropical fish collecting" or anything like that and read experiences of people that have gone on fish-collecting trips, any big fish that are caught that nobody wants to claim go into the food bucket. aros, pimas, oscars, etc. too big to ship, too tasty to waste.

actually, a good range of those fish can probably be purchased for restaurant use from a good distributor. my boyfriend, a chef, tried pacu once. apparently it was terrible - greasy meat with no consistency - every bite was either gristle or mush. one time he had to order 50 or so green (moray?) eels for a customer who wanted them served at his birthday banquet. needless to say, most of them were sent back untouched, and the kitchen staff spent weeks hiding them in lockers or dark corners to scare each other.

 

[bombay_biorb]

when u sport fish it dosent injure them it just wears them out

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

At least when they eat them they get something, but when they do it for sport and the fish gets injured. Thats bad.

 

[cichlid savage]

As long as those Dovii were caught for food I don't see a problem with it. Just like a cooler of fish from a fishing trip.

 

[armac]

it's just a different way of life. if you do searches for "tropical fish collecting" or anything like that and read experiences of people that have gone on fish-collecting trips, any big fish that are caught that nobody wants to claim go into the food bucket. aros, pimas, oscars, etc. too big to ship, too tasty to waste.

actually, a good range of those fish can probably be purchased for restaurant use from a good distributor. my boyfriend, a chef, tried pacu once. apparently it was terrible - greasy meat with no consistency - every bite was either gristle or mush. one time he had to order 50 or so green (moray?) eels for a customer who wanted them served at his birthday banquet. needless to say, most of them were sent back untouched, and the kitchen staff spent weeks hiding them in lockers or dark corners to scare each other.

I know a guy who raised pacus in a farmm pond in FLorida, they were delicious.