Major Points
- Often what we find now are invasive species-unwanted plants and animals that humans have introduced to ecosystems.
- Nationwide, invasive species such as the wild boar and Asian carp are destroying farms and fisheries, causing economic damage that has been estimated at $120 billion a year.
- Bun Lai, a 2013 James Beard Award nominee, is the Chef at Miya's Sushi.
- An important goal of theirs is to have their cuisine return to the roots of sushi, meaning simply to use what they have available where they live.
- Solution? Eat them. By collecting invasive seafood on shellfish beds, for instance, we basically provide a free weeding service.
- Japanese knotweed grows quickly in clusters and crowds out other herbaceous species.
- Native to Europe and Asia, the mute swan was introduced to the U.S. as an ornamental species.
- Feral rabbits are some of the most ecologically destructive animals.
Summary
Nationwide, invasive species such as the wild boar and Asian carp are destroying farms and fisheries, causing economic damage that has been estimated $120 billion a year. Solution? Eat them, by collecting invasive seafood on shellfish beds. Consider the stalked tunicate also known by the delicious sounding name "Asian sea squirt" which has taken over what used to be blue mussel habitat from Maine to New Jersey. The alien sea squirt, which is indigenous to the Philippines, is considered a fouling organism and a pest by the shellfish industry. In South Korea, however it is considered a delicacy and even an aphrodisiac. Feral hogs, consume some native and endangered species and fight for resources with others. But feral hog meat is pharmaceutical free, unlike most commercial pork, which is raised with antibiotics. Lionfish is voracious, highly poisonous, invasive predator that has been compared with the locust in its destructiveness. Protected by highly toxic spines and resembling seaweed, lionfish have few natural enemies. Removing their dangerous spines, their flesh is sweet and delicious.
Nationwide, invasive species such as the wild boar and Asian carp are destroying farms and fisheries, causing economic damage that has been estimated $120 billion a year. Solution? Eat them, by collecting invasive seafood on shellfish beds. Consider the stalked tunicate also known by the delicious sounding name "Asian sea squirt" which has taken over what used to be blue mussel habitat from Maine to New Jersey. The alien sea squirt, which is indigenous to the Philippines, is considered a fouling organism and a pest by the shellfish industry. In South Korea, however it is considered a delicacy and even an aphrodisiac. Feral hogs, consume some native and endangered species and fight for resources with others. But feral hog meat is pharmaceutical free, unlike most commercial pork, which is raised with antibiotics. Lionfish is voracious, highly poisonous, invasive predator that has been compared with the locust in its destructiveness. Protected by highly toxic spines and resembling seaweed, lionfish have few natural enemies. Removing their dangerous spines, their flesh is sweet and delicious.
Reflection
Reading this article made me hungry, but aside from that the best way to control ecological pests is feeding them to the world's greatest predator us. I didn't know that feral rabbits could be eaten, it sounds delicious the way it's prepared as a pb&j; I still wouldn't eat because I'm a vegetarian. The ones that I would like to try are the La Soupe des Mean Greenies, Asian sea squirt, Kudzu Tchaikovsky Sushi, and the Kiribati Sashimi. All these invasive species are eaten not because they're good, but because they are causing some problems for the economy. The damage they cause has been estimated to be $120 billion a year, which is a lot of money from damages done by these species. I think it's a good idea that we're eating them because this solution is way better than spraying dangerous chemicals. Sure some might be poisonous, but by learning how to prepare them correctly there shouldn't be a problem after all in the end it'll all be good and taste good too.
Reading this article made me hungry, but aside from that the best way to control ecological pests is feeding them to the world's greatest predator us. I didn't know that feral rabbits could be eaten, it sounds delicious the way it's prepared as a pb&j; I still wouldn't eat because I'm a vegetarian. The ones that I would like to try are the La Soupe des Mean Greenies, Asian sea squirt, Kudzu Tchaikovsky Sushi, and the Kiribati Sashimi. All these invasive species are eaten not because they're good, but because they are causing some problems for the economy. The damage they cause has been estimated to be $120 billion a year, which is a lot of money from damages done by these species. I think it's a good idea that we're eating them because this solution is way better than spraying dangerous chemicals. Sure some might be poisonous, but by learning how to prepare them correctly there shouldn't be a problem after all in the end it'll all be good and taste good too.