No problem. BTW: intravenous injections of Mannitol are reported to cure ciguatera poisoning in as little as ten minutes. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2579736/ http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/13/us/treatment-for-common-type-of-fish-poiso ning-is-discovered.html?pagewanted=1 -- Stephen Petri S/V Witchcraft, Ranger 33 No. 161 http://www.teamwitchcraft.com <http://www.teamwitchcraft.com/>
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 7:12 PM To: Stephen Petri Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Ciguatera Fish Poisoning Thanks a lot Stephen for chasing the info on Ciguatera down. Some will benefit from your help. A word to the wise is usually sufficient. Ed Ed & Sue Kelly on USSV ANGEL LOUISE, lying French West Indies at lagoon on St Marten On Mar 22, 2010 3:57pm, Stephen Petri <[email protected]> wrote: > Might find this interesting, Especially the information on barracuda > > migration. > > > > >From the CDC. > > > > http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5534a2.htm > > > > -- > > Stephen Petri > > S/V Witchcraft, Ranger 33 No. 161 > > http://www.teamwitchcraft.com > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Flying Pig > > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 9:55 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] George Town - Thompson Bay, Long Island,Exumas > > 3-14-10 > > > > > > > > > I didn't know that Barracuda was edible and thought they were filled with > > > bones. > > > > Negative. Very few bones. Take a (very - not difficult) little care in > > separating the side bones, what few they are, and fillet as you would any > > other fish. We had the rest of him (the first half grilled a few nights > > ago) tonight, fried, lightly breaded (no milk, just bread crumbs pressed > > onto the flesh), and it's just marvelous. > > > > Folks are scared of barry due to ciguatera - but last year, the folks on Cat > > > > Island, where we'd caught our first on the way into the Bight, told us that > > anything on the lee side (no reefs), of any size, they'll eat. Other > > sources say that if it's under 30 inches, it won't have had enough time to > > eat enough reef fish to be dangerous. > > > > So, given that they're very territorial (and therefor don't travel all that > > far), we'll eat one if we've caught it many miles from any reef. So far, > > that's the only sort we've caught. Delicious, firm but flaky, grilled or > > fried, and will take nearly any lure, but we've had the best luck with a > > simple cedar plug. > > > > YMMV, we're not doctors... > > > > L8R > > > > Skip > > > > Morgan 461 #2 > > SV Flying Pig KI4MPC > > See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! > > Follow us at and/or" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog > > and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog > > > > "And then again, when you sit at the helm of your little ship on a clear > > night, and gaze at the countless stars overhead, and realize that you are > > quite alone on a wide, wide sea, it is apt to occur to you that in the > > general scheme of things you are merely an insignificant speck on the > > surface of the ocean; and are not nearly so important or as self-sufficient > > as you thought you were. Which is an exceedingly wholesome thought, and one > > > > that may effect a permanent change in your deportment that will be greatly > > appreciated by your friends."- James S. Pitkin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
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