beachwormer Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Saw a whole bunch (20 or 30) at my local fish shop yesterday stacked on ice. The biggest would have been maybe 50 cm. How is it that commercial fishermen are able to dispatch illegal specimens for sale on mass in broad daylight? What message does that send out to us as amateurs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxhoon1 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Farmed fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 I think you'll find these are farmed fish and the size limits don't apply to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachwormer Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 Ok that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Yep, this comes up all the time, it's very common to "harvest" farmed fish at a certain (small) size for various reasons, the restaurant trade want "plate size" you often see those tiny Barramundi, and other times it's just culling for scientific reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Does anyone know where these fish farms at and how good eating are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabstar Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 100% Farmed fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) Begs the question, should they be tagged or labelled as farmed fish ?? As consumers I think we have a right to know! Edited July 7, 2021 by kingie chaser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 4 hours ago, kingie chaser said: Begs the question, should they be tagged or labelled as farmed fish ?? As consumers I think we have a right to know! I would expect that they are farmed, unless stated 'wild caught'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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