Goldfish are invasive and resilient
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2021/07/11/minnesota-goldfish-invasive/
The article says your typical goldfish is "invasive" and "resilient." They do not appear so in your indoor fish tank as pets. But when released into the wild, they can grow into the size of a football (pictures in article), outcompete local species, and destroy habitats.
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@catseye3 said in Goldfish are invasive and resilient:
I redd a novel that claimed the same thing for tilapia. This was fiction, so no idea how accurate and truthful it was, compared to factual. But if true, tilapia if uncontrolled could wreak awful havoc in the oceans and along the coastlines.
I eat at the Bay Shack about once a week, where they have Tilapia specials.
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@aqua-letifer Don't know if you are aware of this but, what is usually referred to as Talapia, isn't just one species of fish. It's rather generic name now, used to describe a variety of fish known as cichlids. I had 4 large cichlids or "Oscars" in a tank for many years. I cannot imagine wanting to eat them. Almost like wanting to eat goldfish to me. No thanks.
Cichlid, any of more than 1,300 species of fishes of the family Cichlidae (order Perciformes), many of which are popular aquarium fishes.
https://globalseafoods.com/blogs/news/why-you-shouldnt-eat-tilapia
WHY TILAPIA IS BAD FOR YOU
High level of contaminants
Tilapia, basa, and swai are generally are mass-produced in crowded aquaculture tanks and fed soy-based foods if they are lucky. Being bottom feeders and filter feeders, these fish will consume any waste or contaminants in the water.
Presence of antibiotics
In order to keep the fish alive until harvest and thwart off any disease that can kill the entire stock, they are continuously fed antibiotics.
WHERE DO TILAPIA FISH COME FROM?
The wild-caught industries for these fish are very small and used primarily for local markets at their point of origin. As a result, the majority of exported tilapia, basa, and swai come from commercial farming in South East Asia, primarily from nations like China, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
There is organic production of wild tilapia in the U.S., but it consists of less than one percent of all tilapia fillets sold in the U.S. It is also nearly impossible to recognize U.S. wild-caught tilapia unless properly labeled as such.We stopped consuming Talapia at least 10 or 15 years ago, after we found out that it is also mostly farmed, and the conditions they are in during their life makes them one of the most least nutritious and sometimes even dangerous fish to eat.
Plus it is pretty tasteless to me. It's like eating nothing.
Sorry for all the Talapia hate. lol
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@mark said in Goldfish are invasive and resilient:
Sorry for all the Talapia hate. lol
All good man, I'm not at all a tilapia fan anyway; yep, fully aware of the B.S. surrounding the industry. (That's why I find it funny they offer weekly tilapia specials; not touching that shit, that's for sure!)
Also, I don't care what hard-working, indigenous, man-of-the-sea source you have for your seafood, but around here at least, it's very hard not to have a high mercury content. Best to be eaten sparingly.
