Tuna fish

[Stan]

Have no scales, so i was told today..

Are they a clean fish?

[Key Guy]

Yes

[Dr. Rich]

As an avid outdoorsman, and one who has caught and eaten lots of tuna, yep, they not only have lots of scales but they are a peligic fish (stay in open water) and taste wonderful and full of the right type of oil.

[Key Guy]

But try to avoid the 'farmed' tuna. They are gathering wild tuna now, keeping them in giant netted colonies for weeks (months?), feeding them who knows what and then harvesting them for market.

I'm resigned to believe only Alaskan or one of the northern species of open-water north Atlantic salmon is the only decent fish left.

[Stan]

the ones they were speaking about often weigh about 100 pounds in the wild....

[Dr. Rich]

Yes, the ones I have caught, many were over 100 pounds. The 'Yellow Fin' does not get as large as the 'Blue Fin' or 'Black Fin'. The Blue Fin tuna can get up to over a thousand pounds.

[Tom Wetmore]

According to Jewish kosher rules it is clean fish.

[Dr. Shane]

I have heard the rumor before that tuna doesn't have scales. I think that some of those tales float around in Adventism.

[carolaa]

But try to avoid the 'farmed' tuna. They are gathering wild tuna now, keeping them in giant netted colonies for weeks (months?), feeding them who knows what and then harvesting them for market.

I'm resigned to believe only Alaskan or one of the northern species of open-water north Atlantic salmon is the only decent fish left.

I couldn't agree more. That "who knows what" is often their own feces.

[Ron Amnsn]

What about halibut? My neighbor caught a 6-ft halibut a few years ago and offered us some. But I couldn't find any scales on the thing. I asked the neighbor if it had scales and his answer was something like, "Nope, it has skin like a shark."

Yet, halibut is listed as kosher on some Jewish sites. Are there different fish that go by the name "halibut"?

[Dr. Rich]

Ron, Halibut is a flat fish from that family and ALL of them have scales. I know--I have caught them and the ones I caught had scales. So the guy who told you they are like a shark didn't know what he was talking about.

[phkrause]

Ron, I have never caught a halibut, but I agree with Dr. Rich about it having scales. Its one of the best white fish to eat. I don't eat much fish anymore. Eat Salmon every once in awhile.

pk

[Dr. Shane]

I'm resigned to believe only Alaskan or one of the northern species of open-water north Atlantic salmon is the only decent fish left.

My wife and I love tilapia but one has to look for the wild variety as farm-raised is most common. Tilapia has very low levels of mercury but the farm-raised has more omega-6 than omega-3 which isn't a good thing.