Sail magazine currently has an online article about eating smaller reef fish like lionfish as a way to avoid getting ciguatera. The problem is that lionfish are not safe where ciguatera is concerned. Image by Makabera from Pixabay The problem being most testing of lionfish has found that lionfish have the same ciguatera toxin levels …
For folks who tend to catch and eat reef fish you might be interested that cases of Ciguatera are up in the BVI and take precautions. Reduce consumption of coral reef fish, like barracuda, snapper, bass, perch and hind Avoid eating the head, skin, intestines and roe of coral reef fish, which usually have a …
The other day I was snorkeling to check my anchor and came across a rather large grouper in the process… Now grouper is one of my favorite fish but the ciguatera throughout the Caribbean makes the idea of reef fish of any sort a bit nervous making… There has been a kit available (Cigua-Check) for …
For hand spears there are really only three ways to go for the pointy end… The paralyzer… Which has three tines that spread apart as they enter the fish. Some have barbs but they are not really needed as the spreading action does a pretty good job of keeping the fish on. In the one …
Easily the most eco-friendly way of putting fish on the dinner table is spearfishing… Sadly, spearfishing has many adversaries who have spread a lot of propaganda that makes far too many people believe just the opposite. As a result, there is both a certain social stigma as well as far too many anti-spearfishing laws. The …
In these days of Ciguatera, fishing or spearfishing for reef species like grouper, for instance, begins to be more akin to Russian roulette than putting protein on the table and it is only going to get scarier. Which leaves us with pelagic species like Mahi Mahi, Wahoo, Tuna, and so on… Of course, spearfishing for …