Sea Lice in Salmon?

I ran across an article in the current Patagonia catalog which caught my
attention on sea lice infestation in wild and farm raised salmon. Fist time
I heard of this, and recently started a bit of research. Has anyone here in
roff ingested salmon with sea lice? Any ill effects? Nothing to be alarmed
about? I eat salmon twice a month, may rethink now.
-tom

In article , Tom Nakashima
wrote:

I ran across an article in the current Patagonia catalog which caught my
attention on sea lice infestation in wild and farm raised salmon. Fist time
I heard of this, and recently started a bit of research. Has anyone here in
roff ingested salmon with sea lice? Any ill effects? Nothing to be alarmed
about? I eat salmon twice a month, may rethink now.
-tom


You're unlikely to eat them. You can see them quite easily on a
salmon's skin. I can't think, though, that if you did eat one they
could possibly do you any harm. they're quite normal on wild salmon -
indeed until recently were seen as a good sign, as they drop off fairly
soon after a fish reaches fresh water, and if you saw a few on a fish
you knew it was fresh - in other words had only very recently entered a
river system.

The problem is that fish farming has produced absurd amounts, which
have done massive damage to the sea-trout fishing in the west of
ireland.

Lazarus

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:55:55 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
wrote:

I ran across an article in the current Patagonia catalog which caught my
attention on sea lice infestation in wild and farm raised salmon. Fist time
I heard of this, and recently started a bit of research. Has anyone here in
roff ingested salmon with sea lice? Any ill effects? Nothing to be alarmed
about? I eat salmon twice a month, may rethink now.

Most of the salmon coming from the ocean and migrating up rivers in
Alaska to spawn have sea lice.

See: http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/Alaska17-Aug04.html

We ate Silvers straight from the ocean that had sea lice, but we
didn't eat the skin and that's where they attach themselves. Good
eating, btw, fresh from the ocean pan fried with potatoes and onions,
and stick bread.

Dave

Lazarus Cooke wrote:

You're unlikely to eat them. You can see them quite easily on a
salmon's skin. I can't think, though, that if you did eat one they
could possibly do you any harm. they're quite normal on wild salmon -
indeed until recently were seen as a good sign, as they drop off fairly
soon after a fish reaches fresh water, and if you saw a few on a fish
you knew it was fresh - in other words had only very recently entered a
river system.

Sea lice are a freaking badge of honor. :-)

Seriously, salmon fishermen look for sea lice on their fish. If they
find them they're very happy.

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On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:55:55 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
wrote:

I ran across an article in the current Patagonia catalog which caught my
attention on sea lice infestation in wild and farm raised salmon. Fist time
I heard of this, and recently started a bit of research. Has anyone here in
roff ingested salmon with sea lice? Any ill effects? Nothing to be alarmed
about? I eat salmon twice a month, may rethink now.
-tom

It's Bush's fault and you should be ashamed of your country...and every last
man, woman, and child in it...

HTH,
R
....um, BTW, which country is yours?

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Lazarus Cooke wrote:

You're unlikely to eat them. You can see them quite easily on a
salmon's skin. I can't think, though, that if you did eat one they
could possibly do you any harm. they're quite normal on wild salmon -
indeed until recently were seen as a good sign, as they drop off fairly
soon after a fish reaches fresh water, and if you saw a few on a fish
you knew it was fresh - in other words had only very recently entered a
river system.

Sea lice are a freaking badge of honor. :-)

Seriously, salmon fishermen look for sea lice on their fish. If they find
them they're very happy.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.


Not sure if I would be happy to view sea lice.
A photo of sea lice cluster in wild salmon:
http://www.watershed-watch.org/ww/Photos/lice16.htm
-tom

Tom Nakashima wrote:

Not sure if I would be happy to view sea lice.
A photo of sea lice cluster in wild salmon:
http://www.watershed-watch.org/ww/Photos/lice16.htm
-tom

If you truly want to be grossed out, check out this video clip:

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/354/13/e12/DC1

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"rw" wrote in message
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Tom Nakashima wrote:

Not sure if I would be happy to view sea lice.
A photo of sea lice cluster in wild salmon:
http://www.watershed-watch.org/ww/Photos/lice16.htm
-tom

If you truly want to be grossed out, check out this video clip:

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/354/13/e12/DC1

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.


Ok rw, I must admit, that was far worst than sea lice.
-tom

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Tom Nakashima wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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Lazarus Cooke wrote:

You're unlikely to eat them. You can see them quite easily on a
salmon's skin. I can't think, though, that if you did eat one they
could possibly do you any harm. they're quite normal on wild salmon -
indeed until recently were seen as a good sign, as they drop off fairly
soon after a fish reaches fresh water, and if you saw a few on a fish
you knew it was fresh - in other words had only very recently entered a
river system.

Sea lice are a freaking badge of honor. :-)

Seriously, salmon fishermen look for sea lice on their fish. If they find
them they're very happy.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.



Not sure if I would be happy to view sea lice.
A photo of sea lice cluster in wild salmon:
http://www.watershed-watch.org/ww/Photos/lice16.htm
-tom


For a fisherman, fishing one of the spawning rivers, sea lice are seen as
"desirable". The sea lice will fall off after a short time in freshwater.
All it means is that the fish is fresh from the ocean, and the meat/flesh
is still in good shape.

I noticed you said sea lice "in" salmon. Maybe the article was talking
about a different parasite?

brians


I'm pretty sure it was sea lice, but I'll do more research on the subject.
-tom

Allways pass on the salmon sushi. Eating raw salmon can lead to tapeworms.
The species that are carried by Pacific salmon are some of ( if not the
longest). I am reaching back a bit to my zoology class butI think it was
King salmon that had the 40' tapeworms. IF you have to pass a 40' tapeworm
I sure you will evaluate the Sushi bar very carefully.

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Tom Nakashima wrote:

Not sure if I would be happy to view sea lice.
A photo of sea lice cluster in wild salmon:
http://www.watershed-watch.org/ww/Photos/lice16.htm
-tom

If you truly want to be grossed out, check out this video clip:

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/354/13/e12/DC1

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.


Ok rw, I must admit, that was far worst than sea lice.
-tom