worms

[zaffer]

find this tape worm (looks like to me) in this perch was wondering if any of you ever came across anything like that? 1 out of the 30 i clean had it never seen this before

[g1987man]

Originally Posted by bunnyhunter

Its a small risk here in Alberta-I contacted a fisheries biologist last year after finding a huge tapeworm inside a perch-turns out it wasnt the kind to infect humans. He told me the infections lakes are in the northwest corner of alberta. (I;ve eaten perch sashimi from lakes free of human infecting disease and am fine-but its your call) oh and it was excellent sashimi!

heres a link for making perch caviar-should work for pike.
http://uniqueculinaryadventures.blog...t-for-fun.html

if you are concerned about it contact them. heres the emails I recieved

Jennifer,

I received a reply from our Wildlife Disease Specialist and this is what she stated;

There are a number of tapeworm species that occur in fishes in Alberta. However, only two genera occur in the body cavity: Ligula and Shistocephalus spp. These tapeworms do not infect humans. The large worm in perch is actually an immature stage that will develop further only when eaten by a fish-eating bird, - such as herons.

The broadfish tapeworm has been found in Alberta only in a couple of lakes in the extreme far north west corner of the province and is not considered a potential health risk anywhere else in Alberta. The broadfish tapeworm occurs in the intestine not the body cavity.




M.J. Pybus PhD
Provincial Wildlife Disease Specialist
Fish and Wildlife Division
780-427-3462 (off), 780-422-9685 (fx)
Wildlife Diseases



Regards,


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that should explain a lot

[ak-71]

I'm no biologist, but I've seen something very similar in a carp like (brеаm?) fish back home in Russia but I thought infected fish dies in the winter (they eventually make them swim at the surface and they die when water gets iced up). Never found them in perch or walleye like fish ("zander"(?)) The ones back home are harmless to humans, but way too gross for myself. May be a different type of worm too, but looks just the same

[curtis_rak]

What lake was that perch caught in?

[g1987man]

AK if you fish cow lake, you might find a few....

[zaffer]

was caught at nakamun lake

[HunterDave]

Put it on your hook and catch some more.....free bait!

[Ryan R]

I'll find from 3 to 5 of them in 15 fish, from some lakes.

Just use some newspaper so you can wrap up the waste and toss it out, wash your knife and surfaces well, and wash down the meat.

Cooking gets ride of any risks anyways, so just make sure it's cooked right through.

No biggie.