Undersize Stripers

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

I used to go to Montauk every year in the fall. At that time of year there are stripers everywhere. Despite the easy availability of stripers in the ocean , a fish market right there in Montauk used to sell very short farm raised stripers. Some of them were only a little over a foot long.

Supposedly, the farm raised stripers taste better than the wild caught ones. They may be cheaper for the fish markets, too.

I watched the episode of Dirty Jobs on Discovery channel about the striper farm and those fish looked a lot like juveneille stripers in the wild. I wouldn't base anything on whether the stripes were continuous or broken, either.

Lastly, Ocean Fresh is a pretty big company with a good reputation. I doubt they'd risk getting in trouble over some small striped bass.

[maddmatt]

Originally Posted by fishbones

Supposedly, the farm raised stripers taste better than the wild caught ones. They may be cheaper for the fish markets, too.

I watched the episode of Dirty Jobs on Discovery channel about the striper farm and those fish looked a lot like juveneille stripers in the wild. I wouldn't base anything on whether the stripes were continuous or broken, either.

Lastly, Ocean Fresh is a pretty big company with a good reputation. I doubt they'd risk getting in trouble over some small striped bass.

as afar as i'm concerned, farm raised anything dosn't taste as good as wild. bass, salmon, mushrooms whatever. wild has more flavor.