Koi Carp...what next
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Topic: Koi Carp...what next
Posted By: mowerman
Subject: Koi Carp...what next
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 8:41pm
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In at Paknsave Papakura the other day..yep..for sale at $8.99/kg. Over grown goldfish..what next  ------------- The People Protest Actions Speak Louder Than Words |
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Posted By: cirrus
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 8:58pm
| See them around here as well,along with catfish. Sell like hotcakes. |
Posted By: petethemeat
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 9:11pm
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If people want to eat them then that's great! it's cheap and might even reduce the pressure on salt water species. Would I eat it? Yeah...nah. ------------- 
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Posted By: mowerman
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 9:21pm
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I've eaten them in Thailand..not for me..even smoked it still taste like cardboard. .plus the thought of what it feed on make me want to throw up lol..But the Thai love them ... ------------- The People Protest Actions Speak Louder Than Words |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 10:35pm
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It's all protein I guess, and let's face it, with the spicing that gets tossed into Asian cuisine, what does any meat actually taste of? ------------- It is only my overwhelming natural humility that mars my perfection. Captain Asparagus, Superhero, Adventurer. |
Posted By: Steps
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 9:23am
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Been on sale around Sth Auckland that I know of for at least 3 or 4 yrs now... But no where near that price... at leat 1/2 that price. Make good bait, but scale 1st, they have the biggest thickest hardest scales around. Also make good burly. |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 2:30pm
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That's quite odd. I know some Asians and eastern Europeans like eating carp, but I've never seen koi carp for sale to be eaten. It might be more lucrative to sell live fish abroad as pets. Individuals can be worth $1000s in the right market.
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Posted By: dalgo
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2016 at 10:11pm
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Koi carp are a pest fish and the danger with allowing them to be sold is that they could be seen as a valuable resource and so temp someone to transfer them to other areas. This would be highly illegal of course but very easy to do as koi can survive a long time out of water. If they ever became established in the Rotorua lakes they would cause havoc with the trout fishery there.
This would apply to special colour variations and patterns. For instance a pure white koi with a single red dot in the middle of its head, mimicking the Japanese flag, would be extremely valuable. The common koi found in NZ - not so much.
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MightyBoosh wrote:Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2016 at 6:36am
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There's more koi in the Waikato than the market can handle and the main market for them is in Auckland. There'd be no commercial benefit to establish populations further away from Auckland. If anyone, it'll be those weirdo coarse fishermen that'll do it. On another note koi and catfish are reasonably popular, but wild goldfish are super popular, wholesaling for up to $25/kg. Apparently broth made from them makes new mothers produce more milk. |
Posted By: 064pointbreak
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2024 at 3:30pm
Okay... something tells me I should catch and keep as many as I like to eat(for scientific purposes)... I've seen people fishing near Harvey Norman for these fish, and not anyone hooked a single koi except for me; I'm all about finesse when it comes to fishing... Can I keep the catch at such places and bring it home to eat? It sounds illegal despite being classified as pest control, not to mention eels get my bait at nightfall...
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2024 at 9:04pm
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Maybe it tastes ok. I've caught/shot/killed a few - not many but they all ended up as bait.
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