> Might find this interesting, Especially the information on barracuda > migration. > >>From the CDC. > > http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5534a2.htm
Hi, and thanks for the link. Very interesting reading. Among the very interesting parts was this: "toxin concentrations are highest in large, predatory fish such as barracuda, grouper, amberjack, snapper, and shark." Hello... With the exception of Barracuda, every one of those is readily commercially available, and, in most cases, delicacies at finer restaurants. What are we to make of those who sell them, in light of the above? Meanwhile, reading the case studies, three of the four cited cases had no long-term effects, one was a fisherman with a very interesting side effect, but being a fisherman, knew what was happening and sought no medical treatment (as did another - that is, no medical treatment sought - in the report), and so on. I found it interesting that symptom onset was between a few hours and a few days, hardly consistent between cases. I also found it significant that the Texas cases were drawn from those fishing the oil rigs, tantamount to my fishing the snorkeling areas with all the pretty fish down there. And, that, over whatever period the study was done, only 4 cases were found by the CDC seems more to show that the exception proves the rule... Ya pays ye'r money and takes ye'r chances... Meanwhile, anectdotally, locally, we chatted up a cruiser with a friend who apparently had symptoms; same cruiser asserted there's a ready remedy (antitoxin?), but I've never heard of any such thing. Anyone here know of such remedy? Meanwhile, we continue to be vigilant. I have no idea what the above "LARGE predatory fish" means. Is that over 4' - 6' - 8', or some other length metric, and, ditto, some weight (which would seem to make more sense to me). A 4' shark is impressive to board. A 4' grouper is pretty heavy. A 4' barracuda is (at least in my limited experience) not all that common. For Barry, at least, we'll continue to use the 30" rule, as well as make sure we're not near a reef area... L8R Skip and crew Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
