Barracuda

Barracuda #715428 10/24/03 08:19 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 31 J johnnyhvac OP Outdoorsman
OP johnnyhvac Outdoorsman J Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 31	Can anyone tell me if there is a real concern about the mercury levels in Texas Gulf Barracuda and King fish?

Re: Barracuda #715429 10/24/03 05:35 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 9,896 Huntsville, AL F Fishin' Nut TFF Celebrity
Fishin' Nut TFF Celebrity F Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 9,896 Huntsville, AL	Contact the TPW in Austin. They monitor mercury and other toxins in fish. Also ask about cigerterra(?) poison in barrcuda. I know this is a problem with cuda caught in some Mexico waters. Boats are like Strippers. They work until you quit throwing $100 bills at them.

Re: Barracuda #715430 10/24/03 07:29 PM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,924 Twixt the Red and Rio Bravo K Keith Stone! TFF Celebrity
Keith Stone! TFF Celebrity K Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,924 Twixt the Red and Rio Bravo	I am not an expert but, there are recommendations from TPWD about the consumption of large kingfish and it could also be that way for other large fish. The mercury contamination in kingfish is a result of them consuming fish which are carriers of mercury. And as the fish gets older and larger the concentration levels rise since the mercury is retained and not expelled from the body. As far as the poison from eating barracuda, I was told that only the fish from the pacific side of mexico have it not the atlantic/gulf fish. I don't know for sure but, that is what I was told. I know that the deckhands on the boats out of Cancun keep barracuda that are caught while sportfishing to take home and eat.

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