Officials urged people to not trap, catch or eat any fish caught on the streets because it’s unclear how “exposure to elements outside of their natural domains will affect them.”
Officials urged people to not trap, catch or eat any fish caught on the streets because it’s unclear how “exposure to elements outside of their natural domains will affect them.”
We saw this in the flooding after Hurricane Agnes. My neighbor’s swimming pool had quite a few fish in it. Carp is sort of an acquired taste though. Although, supposedly, when I was a boy anyway, you could sell them to a certain kosher deli in town.
‘Carp’ is just ‘crap’ spelled differently. Some dyslexic guy heard another dude say “this tastes like crap” and then told his buddies about a new, easy to catch fish – “you guys should try the carp”.
I never eat roadkill fish anyway.
Don’t eat yellow snow…
I suspect this is a bureaucrat dancing around saying ‘flooding in inhabited areas could potentially expose fish to chemicals which are harmful if ingested’.
When ever I go fishing the critters always end up in a situation outside their natural environment. I eat em anyway.
Hmmmm. Carp or EBT cards? I don’t think the down and out will be eating urban fish.
after the goldfish flush:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e3m_T-NMOs
Be careful no carp end up on your land. In Canada you would be forced to declare your property a “fishery.” No I didn’t make that up.
OK, just so I’m 100% clear on this Government warning: if I see a carp swimming in a sewer, I shouldn’t eat it. Who’d thunk that? Thanks Government!
In a world run by lawyers and thus full of bizarre and simply batshit crazy warning labels, this cautioning seems fairly practical to me.
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~avondale/extra/Humor/MiscellaneousHumor/Warnings.html
Ques: Where do street fish hang out??
Answ: At ”salmon eel-heaven”
Anyone dumb enough to eat a carp they found in the street deserves everything that happens to them. Stupidity is a capital offense.
That the city felt compelled to warn the citizens not to eat these disgusting swimming poison sacs tells you all you need to know about Newark. It’s like a warning not to eat sewer rats.