• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Is this unusual? I thought wild-caught fish often (usually?) had parasitic worms in it, and that they were generally not dangerous to humans, at least as long as the fish was cooked. There’s a video I saw, which I don’t suggest looking up, in which a chef explains that he knows the fish is fresh if the worms are still moving.

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        6 months ago

        Pretty sure parasites are widely present among wild fish. Not defending fish farms, but parasites aren’t only present on fish farms

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        6 months ago

        Pretty sure that’s a selection bias, since most fish that are eaten - or would otherwise be examined for parasites - are farm-raised fish.

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            6 months ago
            1. That article neither supports nor denies your claim: it just says parasites have evolved resistance to what was previously used against them.

            2. The major issue there is with the anti parasite treatment: that is what is killing herring.

            3. Parasites do not magically appear from nowhere. They are species which have co-evolved with their hosts for millennium. These fish parasites are extremely common across the entire ocean. Farms just provide a place for large groups of fish to get infected.

            All of which is to say that parasites in fish are common in wild fish which are never near farms.

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      6 months ago

      I suppose it depends on what type, and if they are hazardous to humans.

      Worms- ok. Worms that also affect us - not OK.