Seafood from Asia? No.
More here, here, here and here.
Yeah but that's shellfish. Surely something like Tilipia from Mexico is OK - not so much. From Virtual Mirage:
Crunching Down Tilapia
I like to eat most fish. However, I draw the line at tilapia. Yes, I know that it's popular. It's a type of fresh water perch (like the popular Blue Gill game fish) that grows quickly and is very hardy. Usually they are farmed in the tropics since they thrive in warmer climates.
According to the National Fisheries Institute, the mild fish has climbed to become the fourth most eaten seafood in the U.S., behind only shrimp, salmon and canned tuna. They're easy to farm and they are inexpensive to buy.
I recently went out to dinner and everyone at the table ordered tilapia except me. They challenged me and I kept silent, suggesting that my ribeye (cooked to perfection over burning mesquite) was simply a choice in the face of the "healthier option". I usually avoid dinner table gross-outs. So it's going up here on the blog instead. Crunch those tilapia down with gusto after you've read my experiences -- I dare you.
The writer goes on:
While working in Mexico I found that some Beltran Leyva Cartel types were feeding people they killed to farmed tilapia in the Puerto Vallerta area to hide the bodies. Other disturbing reports indicated that the Arellano-Felix Cartel people were doing it in Northern Mexico as well to get rid of their rivals. Apparently tilapia enjoy the meal and grow even more rapidly with the steady supply of protein.
Most of these fish find their way to tables in Mexico and to tourist destinations along the Mexican Riviera, so buying and eating them in the US is likely cartel-influence free. Personally I've been put off on eating them.
Santiago “El Pozolero” (The soup maker) Meza Lopez became famous for the “El pozole” (Mexican meat soup), that he made of dead people, killed by the Arellano-Felix Family and later for the Sinaloa Cartel.
“El Pozolero” became famous because he was in charge of getting rid of the bodies of the war that was being fought in Tijuana over the drug routes towards the United States. Some of those bodies ended up being dissolved in caustic chemicals. Others made their way to the tilapia ponds because caustic chemicals cost money and the cartel owned tilapia ponds and could solve two problems at once.
I'm not suggesting that all Mexican tilapia are farmed using bodies of dead people as food. I'm not suggesting that even a small percentage of the tilapia raised in Mexico are farmed in that way. I'm simply saying that I refuse to eat ANY tilapia and that's why.
I like knowing where my food comes from. A tip of the hat to Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man for the links...
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