https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/world/msia-finds-parasitic-worms-china-canned-sardine
Malaysian authorities have detected parasites in a shipment of canned sardine weighing over 16 tonnes imported from China via Singapore, Malaysian media reported. Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) said that samples taken from the batch were...
Is this unusual? I thought wild-caught fish often (usually?) had parasitic worms in it, and that they were generally not dangerous to humans, at least as long as the fish was cooked. There's a video I saw, which I don't suggest looking up, in which a chef explains that he knows the fish is fresh if the worms are still moving.
Usually farmed fish, or wild fish caught near fish farms, are the ones riddled with parasites.
Pretty sure parasites are widely present among wild fish. Not defending fish farms, but parasites aren't only present on fish farms
aren't only present on fish farms
No. But if you keep a lot of fish really tightly packed in the same place those parasites will have a much easier time spreading.
https://westcoastnow.ca/2024/01/12/herring-deaths-raises-concerns/
Open net fish farms are proven to increase parasite counts on nearby wild stock
Pretty sure that's a selection bias, since most fish that are eaten - or would otherwise be examined for parasites - are farm-raised fish.
No, that's the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans official study:
https://westcoastnow.ca/2024/01/12/herring-deaths-raises-concerns/
That article neither supports nor denies your claim: it just says parasites have evolved resistance to what was previously used against them.
The major issue there is with the anti parasite treatment: that is what is killing herring.
Parasites do not magically appear from nowhere. They are species which have co-evolved with their hosts for millennium. These fish parasites are extremely common across the entire ocean. Farms just provide a place for large groups of fish to get infected.
All of which is to say that parasites in fish are common in wild fish which are never near farms.
Then you didnt read it.
Fact is that open water fish farms devastate wild stocks.
I suppose it depends on what type, and if they are hazardous to humans.
Worms- ok. Worms that also affect us - not OK.
It's presumably wild caught fish. Fish live in the ocean. So do parasites. Now, if they were LIVE parasites in a canned product, that's some crazy shit
I used to work in a fish market that processed wild caught fish fresh every day. Nearly every single fish we cut had some worms in it. Cod was the worst, salmon was middle of the road, flat fish like flounder seemed to be the least wormy but still had it. Maybe they were just harder to spot idk.
Can we talk about your experience with swordfish, if any? I’ve heard horror stories about massive worms in swordfish
I wasn't skilled enough to be trusted with swordfish so I can't attest to that unfortunately lol
so.... the shipment of sardines was 16 tons? or the worms were 16 tons?
That's a big worm...
You eat 16 tonnes and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Malaysia, don't you find me 'cause I can't ditch,
I am a worm from a PRC fish.