Hey you, put down that Seabass!
I know it is delicious, but both farm raised and trawled seabass are under pressure. “What? Farm raised?” you say. Yes. Farming seabass is associated with pollution and the spread of disease to wild fish. Seabass are carnivorous and have to be fed on wild-caught fish. The food supply for seabass does not come from a sustainable supply. Eating Trawled seabass is pretty much just like saying “Fuck you!” to your home planet.
Geez, I sure know a lot about seabass, right? I’m a fucking seabass Ken Jennings!
Thanks to the power of the internet tubes I’m also he Ken Jennings of Artic Char, Cod, Dab, Dogfish, etc, etc… I pretty much know everything about which fish stocks under pressure, which are okay to eat.
ok. farm raised or wild caught salmon? which do i eat? (i want less cancer)
Go with the farmed salmon. Organic if you can get it. Avoid Atlantic salmon.
When using my Bass-o-matic on sea bass, should I use the blend or the puree setting? Does the source of the sea bass have any impact on the setting?
Are you making Baszpacho? Or Bouillabass?
Wild salmon is likely to have fewer contaminants (metals and PCBs) and certainly fewer antibiotics than farmed. Farming practices are getting better, but salmon aquaculture is not something most folks want to see if you plan on eating that fish. And salmon aquaculture can inflict pretty serious environmental damage.
Wild salmon will have abit more omega 3, but will certainly cost you more.
For most bass recipes you can substitute bald eagle.
I stand corrected. If you are going for the wild salmon go for the Alaskan, it is less over fished.
I only eat my Koi. I know what I’ve fed them them to fatten them up.Bugs off my radiator, toads and frogs I find etc. Mmmmmmmm.
You could have saved yourself some money skip, and just raised carp in your ponds to eat…..
@ liberalgeek- No, the source is inconsequential.
If you’re making Pate as I suspect , blend or puree til the glitter of the scales is distributed evenly throughout the mixture.
Bon Appetite!
What about Big Mouth Billy Bass?
Cass,between you and I, I call my Carp, Koi.
I’m one of those people in the holler who aspire to higher things.
For those interested in which fish to eat and not eat based on health or environmental concerns, I would check out the the app and webpage called Seafood WATCH.
It was developed by Monterey Bay Aquarium, and you can search any fish species by common name to find out if it is safe to eat, if it sustainable (including environmental concerns).
Jason – Pacific caught seabass is fine to eat.