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capt.george
02-12-2007, 07:11 AM
---Any new News from you Virgina boys on a market for Cownose rays?
---I know they can clean up a Oysterbed in 2 days --Looks like would be a Source of a needed Fishery --Comments--?
capt.george
02-14-2007, 07:33 AM
btt---Thanks-geo.
scotty80
02-14-2007, 05:45 PM
We could use em for fertilizer like they did SB back in the day! Just read that in Striper Wars. Good read so far, kills this crappy weather.
Another example of the need to manage based on the ecosystem
capt.george
02-15-2007, 05:26 AM
We could use em for fertilizer like they did SB back in the day! Just read that in Striper Wars. Good read so far, kills this crappy weather.
Another example of the need to manage based on the ecosystem
----No I just feel its a untapped possible market, that could if found provide a new Fishery on a Species that is running Rampert --I know that some in Asian Seafood markets will use them in a limited way ---Maybe if there were a Proper Recipe---
bel air fishman
02-15-2007, 11:21 AM
I'm sure they could be sold in the Asian markets. My wife is Korean and I finally kept one for her last summer and she and friends rave over it. It actually wasn't bad; she soaked the wing meat in salt water overnight and steamed it. It had the consistency of pork and she made some kind of sauce that you dipped the meat in as you ate it.
Mike
OneMoreCast
02-15-2007, 12:16 PM
----No I just feel its a untapped possible market, that could if found provide a new Fishery on a Species that is running Rampert --I know that some in Asian Seafood markets will use them in a limited way ---Maybe if there were a Proper Recipe---
Their populations are out of control because there aren't any sharks left... from shipping shark fins to asian markets. So, rather than wipe another species out, why not manage the ecosystem?
27 sailfish
02-15-2007, 12:17 PM
We talked about this before-all the sharks that used to eat the rays are gone.:( Now the rays are everywhere. They need a catchy name like -Chesapeake angel fish :D .They really do a number on the clams/oyster bars.When I dive it looks like little potholes all over the bottom from rays. Skip
LY2000
02-15-2007, 02:35 PM
I'm with OneMoreCast on this one. What will the sharks eat when the rays are gone? Me, the rockfish, ...
goose70
02-16-2007, 05:10 PM
If you start a rumor that Rays have aphrodisiac or other medicinal qualities, the Asian markets will have the population "under control" in short order.
HammerII
02-18-2007, 10:09 PM
---Any new News from you Virgina boys on a market for Cownose rays?
---I know they can clean up a Oysterbed in 2 days --Looks like would be a Source of a needed Fishery --Comments--?
Well George funny you should ask that question.
At a PRFC meeting just last week that very topic was discussed. Mostly it centered on how they were to be caught and if they could have a by catch of other fish caught while draging a net for them. Thought that they needed 5 dollars a pound on the dock to make a go of it. So far can't find much of any market for them.