Alaska’s Fisheries Are Collapsing

Re:Alaska’s Fisheries Are Collapsing by jhickok on Monday March 06, 2023 @11:54AM (#35043294)

We grew up eating carp out of the Mississippi river. Certainly not great, but easy enough to put in a smoker. In fact, it's a relatively common dish in certain communities along the river, and you can find smoked carp in gas stations and grocery stores in the region.

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Re:Alaska’s Fisheries Are Collapsing by RajT88 on Monday March 06, 2023 @01:18PM (#35045128)

Which region? I live a few hours from the Mississippi, but up north in northern IL, and it runs for quite a ways further north than even me.

I will have to pick up some smoked carp if I make it to said area. I've never seen it for sale. The only time I've seen Carp for sale period is in Asian supermarkets.

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Re:Alaska’s Fisheries Are Collapsing by jhickok on Monday March 06, 2023 @01:31PM (#35045405)

Here is a picture I found from a grocer in Prairie Du Chien:

https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/11/f...

Here is an article I found about it:

https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/cast-iron-chef/ritters-fis...

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Re:Alaska’s Fisheries Are Collapsing by jhickok on Monday March 06, 2023 @01:30PM (#35045376)

I am not super familiar with anything south of Dubuque, but Highway 35 between Prairie du Chien and ending with Lacrosse Wi is full of a number of small river towns that sell it (or at least did when I was growing up there). De Soto and Genoa are the two that had a lot of river catfish and carp, both smoked and sitting in grocer's fridge units.

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