02-27-2007, 01:11 AM
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[#0000ff]No definitive word on the other species yet. We have ongoing conversation at the Utah Anglers Coalition meetings on the PCBs and the mercury findings too. There are several members who are actively involved in trying to get some answers. I'll pass along what I know, when I know it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I think we can be sure that there are PCBs in the other species too. Impossible to avoid it. However, there are some things about carp that probably make them more likely to have the high concentrations. For one thing, they live longer. For another, they probably ingest more mud and aquatic vegetation than the predator species. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Since PCBs concentrate in the fatty tissues of the fish, you can eliminate much of whatever PCBs are in your fish by filleting and skinning them. That gets rid of a high percentage of the internal fat and the fatty tissues between skin and flesh. Some species have fat deposits along the top (dorsal) surface, around fins and spines. Filleting also removes that.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You can further reduce the PCBs in the method of preparation. Grilling cooks out a lot of oil, as does deep frying. Smoking is another way to render the oil from fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Whatever happens, I hope they do tests on a large number of fish, of different sizes, from different parts of the lake. That will be the only way to avoid getting a slanted outcome...one way or another.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I think if I had small children I would also be concerned about serving too much Utah Lake fish until the final numbers are in. I don't worry about it myself. I have been enjoying fish from Utah Lake for many years, as have many other folks. I have asked a grundle of people (including medical professionals) if they knew of anybody who ever contracted any "symptoms" that might be attributable to toxic materials in the fish they eat. So far, nothing has surfaced. Always better to be cautions but it is not likely you will glow in the dark or sprout extra appendages from eating fish from Utah Lake.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I heard one person compare eating those fish to drinking out of a glass that you knew somebody else had slobbered in. Not too appetizing but not fatal.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]No definitive word on the other species yet. We have ongoing conversation at the Utah Anglers Coalition meetings on the PCBs and the mercury findings too. There are several members who are actively involved in trying to get some answers. I'll pass along what I know, when I know it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I think we can be sure that there are PCBs in the other species too. Impossible to avoid it. However, there are some things about carp that probably make them more likely to have the high concentrations. For one thing, they live longer. For another, they probably ingest more mud and aquatic vegetation than the predator species. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Since PCBs concentrate in the fatty tissues of the fish, you can eliminate much of whatever PCBs are in your fish by filleting and skinning them. That gets rid of a high percentage of the internal fat and the fatty tissues between skin and flesh. Some species have fat deposits along the top (dorsal) surface, around fins and spines. Filleting also removes that.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You can further reduce the PCBs in the method of preparation. Grilling cooks out a lot of oil, as does deep frying. Smoking is another way to render the oil from fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Whatever happens, I hope they do tests on a large number of fish, of different sizes, from different parts of the lake. That will be the only way to avoid getting a slanted outcome...one way or another.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I think if I had small children I would also be concerned about serving too much Utah Lake fish until the final numbers are in. I don't worry about it myself. I have been enjoying fish from Utah Lake for many years, as have many other folks. I have asked a grundle of people (including medical professionals) if they knew of anybody who ever contracted any "symptoms" that might be attributable to toxic materials in the fish they eat. So far, nothing has surfaced. Always better to be cautions but it is not likely you will glow in the dark or sprout extra appendages from eating fish from Utah Lake.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I heard one person compare eating those fish to drinking out of a glass that you knew somebody else had slobbered in. Not too appetizing but not fatal.[/#0000ff]
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