queensland Lots of fish but can you eat them?

[MarkF]

Would appreciate some comments from experienced fishos on the edibility/toxicity or otherwise of fish from Brisbane R and tributaries. Any areas to avoid eating fish from? species to avoid? or any other pointers. After browsing the forums it is obvious that I have been overlooking my backyard, but prefer to be able to eat what I catch (assuming legal size of course, which seems to be the biggest problem for me these days!). The bullies certainly look attractive, being an x Victorian I like a good feed of flake.

[nuckle]

yeah it shouldnt be a problem iv eaten a couple of fish from there.. im still here lol

[Cowfish13]

You could eat every fish from the river. Even Catfish:sick:. But if you are going to eat fish in fairly large amounts, I'd stick to fish that would head in and out of the river pretty constantly. Like Snapper, Sharks and other seasonal fish. Fish that stay in the river all their lives like Bream and Catfish could accumulate bad stuff. I'm no scientist (yet:lol:), but I reckon those'd be safe.

Oxely Ck might be a place to avoid for a lot of fish. But I've had Prawns from there and I'm still alright. But Prawns go in and out of the river alot.

I've had Flathead from the river and it was just as good as cleaner places like Jumpinpin and Bribie.

[pinkey]

Cowfish, the bream dont stay in the river, one was tagged at collegs crossings, and something like 6 weeks later was recaptured at tangalooma island. (spelling)

MarkF, The sharks in the river under 1m are fine to eat, the larger ones have abit of murcury, but most you catch are from 70cm - 1m anyway and i can tell you they are Very good to eat, and easy enought to catch + they have alot of meat. .

[Dan23]

It's just my own opinion but i don't trust any of brisbane's water ways. I don't eat anything I catch in Brisbane but plenty of people do and seem ok... For now...

Then again Kev eats Schultz bream and a snake bit him and died lol:laugh:

[RX007]

I dont eat any fish but the brisbane river cant be too bad. i was watching a program on the imported fish into australia and the waters that they are caught and some of the overseas rivers were horribly polluted with raw sewerage and other contaminants. I have seen guys catching muddies on a weekly basis directly by the outlet of treatment plants and they are still ok (physically anyway).

[Troy_79]

I've eaten muddies from 17 mile rocks and the jindalee area and im fine. taste no different from the muddies i've got from the pine etc. If they did have mercury and other bad stuff in them u would have to eat a large amount to even have a chance of becoming ill.

[kevinchen19870316]

the dirtiest fish here r the fish in the fish market marked " from China/Thailand/Taiwan.China, etc"

[Skitter]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

the dirtiest fish here r the fish in the fish market marked " from China/Thailand/Taiwan.China, etc"

That's garbage. For example I have seen the facilities of the Thai prawn farms, they are WORLDS AHEAD of what we have here. China etc are similar.

Basa is one example of a fish that isn't farmed under such stringent conditions; they are from Vietnam. Nevertheless they still are subject to Australian standards for food safety.

Do a little research and get some education before making broad sweeping (and incorrect) generalisations.

[kevinchen19870316]

well, u can't say u know more of chinese fishery when i was a keen fisho in China

[ellicat]

Dan23 wrote:

It's just my own opinion but i don't trust any of brisbane's water ways. I don't eat anything I catch in Brisbane but plenty of people do and seem ok... For now...

Then again Kev eats Schultz bream and a snake bit him and died lol:laugh:

That's hilarious:laugh: :silly: :laugh:

[kevinchen19870316]

the poor snake didn't died of the poison from the shultz bream. the real reason is that i had eaten too many farm-grown fish during 18yrs i lived in China.

just kidding

[Ash]

lot of poeple have eaten alot of fish from all areas of the river and are fine.

The river itself is in great shape, now that commercial development has stopped and enviromental laws have come into place.

That said, i wouldnt eat anything caught from the poo shoot. I know the fish caught there would be fine, and i know fish that eat there would move up and down the river, but the poo shoot :X

YUK!!!:laugh:

[Gazza]

I might glow in the dark from time to time but I eat all the edible fish of legal size :woohoo: :silly: and still alive

Gaz

[shortie]

Ive asked every person i know that has died and none of them said it was from fish from the river.

[kevinchen19870316]

i have had a few fish from the river and never had a problem. to be honest, anyone who had spend some time in China would say any fish caught in brisbane r so clean.

[Dan23]

Once again, just my opinion and not based on any facts but wouldn't a lot of the bream in the river be 30 odd years old and be old enough to be full of junk from when the Brissie River was badly polluted?

I'm sure there's some info going around saying a 40cm is something like 30 years old.

Personally if I'm not 100% confident what I'm eating is clean I just can't eat it. I'm sure there's plenty of food I eat from the supermarket/takeaways that isn't that great in quality, but ignorance is bliss.

[pinkey]

Dan im pretty sure they dont stay in the river for a long length in time, they tend to change locations, so tagging has proved.

[kevinchen19870316]

pinkey wrote:

Dan im pretty sure they dont stay in the river for a long length in time, they tend to change locations, so tagging has proved.

love to hear that:laugh:

now i can go get some bait and have a feast of bream after a river trip.:woohoo:

[Bommie]

Skitter wrote:

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

the dirtiest fish here r the fish in the fish market marked " from China/Thailand/Taiwan.China, etc"

That's garbage. For example I have seen the facilities of the Thai prawn farms, they are WORLDS AHEAD of what we have here. China etc are similar.

Basa is one example of a fish that isn't farmed under such stringent conditions; they are from Vietnam. Nevertheless they still are subject to Australian standards for food safety.

Do a little research and get some education before making broad sweeping (and incorrect) generalisations.

but Australian food standards aren't the highest in the world