On 12/10/2014 10:05 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 12/9/2014 12:38 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>> Evidently about 60% of the fish we buy is mislabeled as to what it
>> really is.
>> Red Snapper, for instance.
>>
>> http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed...209-story.html
>>
>>
> An example given:
>
> "Today, your “red snapper” could be one of at least 28 different
> species, including much less desirable fish such as tilapia and pollock.
> Hell, if you can't tell red snapper from tilapia that's your problem.
>
> Didn't I read about 20 years ago red snapper was endangered?
>
> Jill

Not quite endangered, but there are extreme limits on fishing season and
catch, both for the commercial fisherman and the individual.

The Federal government closes the season during the winter when there is
a migration of northerners to the Gulf Coast.

In Texas, the season is open in the winter in State of Texas waters and
the limit is two. I usually go out in a charter boat and we fish off
the coast of Padre Island.

One year I caught a 14 pound red snapper. Someone asked my husband if he
ate it and he replied: "I ate it, and ate it and ate it..."

It was some job for little me to wrestle that big fish into the boat.
Since I learned deep sea fishing in New Jersey, I used a lot of "Jersey"
words while struggling and had to go around the boat and apologize to
all then nice gentlemen for my language.

Of course, size is highly monitored.

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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas