Halibut, Really Big Halibut
8ft and 1 inch is the length of what is thought to be the largest fish ever line-caught fish. The massive halibut was caught by an angler in Norway. To bad Atlantic Halibut is on the Seafood Watch avoid list. Along with other Atlantic flatfish, halibut are still in decline. Moreover, the fishery often uses bottom trawling. The good news is you can eat Pacific Halibut as long as it is not gill-netted.
May 29, 2008 at 4:55 PMkevin z
But, but, but it looks sooooo delicious. Think of all the fish fry we could have! It would take a small crop of corn to bread that puppy up!
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May 29, 2008 at 6:01 PMSebastesMan
Well, as long as you’re not old, infirm, pregnant, attempting to get pregnant, or young, I’m sure it’d be a wonderful meal.
The amount of bioaccumulated toxins in a big ol’ piscivorous monster like that…*shudder*
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May 29, 2008 at 9:33 PMkevin z
The mercury provides a nice overtone when simmered in butter and crushed garlic. Those miniature plastic pellets in its stomach make excellent garnish.
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May 30, 2008 at 12:07 AMEd Yong
“We’re gonna need a bigger deep-fat fryer…”
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May 30, 2008 at 2:27 AMLassi Hippel
Wow! Taller than John Cleese!
For those who don’t get the joke, here’s JC putting a slightly smaller halibut to good use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMKCLyhBBwI
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May 30, 2008 at 2:27 AMLassi Hippel
Wow! Taller than John Cleese!
For those who don’t get the joke, here’s JC putting a slightly smaller halibut to good use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMKCLyhBBwI
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May 30, 2008 at 2:27 AMLassi Hippelinen
Wow! Taller than John Cleese!
For those who don’t get the joke, here’s JC putting a slightly smaller halibut to good use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMKCLyhBBwI
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May 30, 2008 at 2:27 AMLassi Hippel
Wow! Taller than John Cleese!
For those who don’t get the joke, here’s JC putting a slightly smaller halibut to good use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMKCLyhBBwI
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