I recall reading (somewhere) that Orange Roughy was considered a
"nuisance fish" or a "junk fish" having no commercial value. In fact,
I believe Auistralians called it a "slimehead."

And then—a name change!

This may not be true but it's an interesting story.

Pixmaker


On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:57:50 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>Lou wrote:
>
>> I've got orange roughy thawing for dinner and I think I'd like
>> to deep fry them and make hush puppies.
>
>I'm not generally a tree-hugger and I rarely get preachy, but were you aware
>that orange roughy is endangered?
>
>Bob