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On Mar 30, 7:21*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:26:36 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:16:26 -0500, Sqwertz >
> > wrote:

>
> >>If people saw how tilapia (and pangasius) were farmed they'd never eat
> >>them again. *Some of them are good when raised well, but most of them
> >>are pretty ugly in all respects. Find a good brand and stick with it.

>
> >>Pangasius are then released into dead and fermenting Tilapia ponds to
> >>clean the bottoms. *Then they sell those pangasius, throw in some
> >>chemicals, and start another batch of Tilapia. *That is the typical SE
> >>Asian cycle for Walmart Fish.

>
> > But, who eats fish from Asia?

>
> Find a tilapia or pangasius that ISN'T from Asian and then call me
> again.


In California tilapia might well come from the Imperial Valley.