Comments on: Zombie fish

By: Barb

Barb — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:10:32 +0000

I don’t like the idea of it at all. We don’t need to import fish from anywhere really and letting something run out of air in 12 hours seems a slow and cruel death – concious or not.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:09:24 +0000

I actually think this is really interesting and have never heard of it before. I’m sharing the link with a friend who writes about seafood!

By: Dana McCauley

Dana McCauley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:08:30 +0000

Chris, I get what you’re saying – this technique seems so creepy. Yet, the people who do it say it is ‘humane’ in that the fish is brain dead ad not suffering in any conscious way.

Like my cousin Joan commented on this post on facebook a few minutes ago: why not just catch and prepare local fish? Hopefully info like this being spread around will urge people to ponder that question more seriously.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:56:54 +0000

This is putting me off fish altogether…. how many more disgusting things can people do to other living things… and I really dislike seeing those tanks of lobsters and fish starving to death at the grocery stores :-/ makes me never buy them… OK if we’re going to eat fish or shellfish, then we should transport them humanely, treat them humanely until they are quickly put out of their misery and cooked.

By: Anne @the_annecdotes

Anne @the_annecdotes — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:38:37 +0000

Wow. I don’t eat fish, but I suppose if I did I’d want it to be as fresh as possible but somehow the idea of zombie fish really freaks me out. That said, Charmian’s got the right idea. Wonder if we’ll see zombie fish popping up at markets in the coming months?

By: Dana McCauley

Dana McCauley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:31:29 +0000

Well said!

By: Charmian @Christie's Corner

Charmian @Christie's Corner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:23:23 +0000

We do worse things to our food to preserve freshness, so as far as natural methods go, acupuncture is a step up from chemicals. However, should we be flying fish overnight to Canada? Goes against the eat local initiative.

If local fishermen begin to do it, then I guess that’s good. But if it’s just an excuse to export fish half way around the world, then I do have an issue beyond whether or not it’s okay to stick needles into fish.