"Dan Logcher" > wrote in message
...
> F t B wrote:
>
> >>>OK, they may not be the best but I don't think they're any worse
> >>>than Tilapia. In some lakes in Japan it is illegal to throw back a
> >>>Black Bass, you are forced to keep it.
> >>
> >>Now that's a first! I guess that is one way to get rid of the fish,
> >>but how do you enforce that kind of rule. It's hard to check on what
> >>type of fish someone tossed back in to the water after the fact.
> >
> >
> > Most, not all, fishernen will follow the rules, even if there is only a
slim
> > chance of being caught. I would suspect that Japanese anglers are about
the
> > most honest out there. Around here, we give all non-trout (introduced
fish)
> > a good bonk on the head before throwing it back.
>
> In the US (I think only East Coast), anglers are being asked to kill any
> snakeheads they catch. I don't think these are good eating though..
>
> Dan

Yes, Maryland and maybe some others have passed game laws making it
illegal to return any snakehead caught.
Snakeheads were introduced to Japan from Korea and Taiwan prior to WWII
and are generally considered unimportant pests. Although they can be eaten
as they
are on the Asian mainland, my search for a Japanese recipe on google Japan
resulted in zero recipes. Basically they are not eaten, at least not to any
significant extent, in Japan.
Also in Japan tourists are warned against eating freshwater fish in raw
form, particularly
the snakeheads when visiting Southeast Asian countries because of several
cases of
parasites which became evident weeks after the tourists returned from their
trips.


M