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Grilled Swordfish

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  • Phatchris
    Phatchris Posts: 1,726
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    Raichlen will be stealing this Fo Sho ... Great cook.... =)
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  • bcsnave
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    yeah...looks good...but eating too much might make me a wee bit fat

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  • Big_Green_Craig
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    nolaegghead said:
    I love swordfish.  I would not recommend putting it in a regular rotation because it's typically loaded with mercury.

    Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish (1990-2010)

    Mercury and Methylmercury Main Page

    See also Mercury Concentrations in Fish: FDA Monitoring Program

    The table is sorted by MERCURY CONCENTRATION MEAN (PPM) from fish with lowest levels of mercury to highest levels of mercury. You may also sort the table by SPECIES in alphabetical order. 

    SPECIES MERCURY CONCENTRATION
    MEAN (PPM)    		 MERCURY CONCENTRATION
    MEDIAN (PPM)    		 MERCURY CONCENTRATION
    STDEV (PPM)    		 MERCURY CONCENTRATION
    MIN (PPM)    		 MERCURY CONCENTRATION 
    MAX (PPM)    		 NO. OF SAMPLES SOURCE OF DATA
    SCALLOP 0.003 ND 0.007 ND 0.033 39 FDA 1991-2009
    SALMON (CANNED) * 0.008 ND 0.017 ND 0.086 34 FDA 1992-2009
    CLAM * 0.009 0.002 0.011 ND 0.028 15 FDA 1991-2010
    SHRIMP * 0.009 0.001 0.013 ND 0.05 40 FDA 1991-2009
    OYSTER 0.012 ND 0.035 ND 0.25 61 FDA 1991-2009
    SARDINE 0.013 0.01 0.015 ND 0.083 90 FDA 2002-2010
    TILAPIA * 0.013 0.004 0.023 ND 0.084 32 FDA 1991-2008
    ANCHOVIES 0.017 0.014 0.015 ND 0.049 14 FDA 2007-2010
    SALMON (FRESH/FROZEN) * 0.022 0.015 0.034 ND 0.19 94 FDA 1991-2009
    SQUID 0.023 0.016 0.022 ND 0.07 42 FDA 2005-2010
    CATFISH 0.025 0.005 0.057 ND 0.314 57 FDA 1991-2010
    POLLOCK 0.031 0.003 0.089 ND 0.78 95 FDA 1991-2008
    CRAWFISH 0.033 0.035 0.012 ND 0.051 46 FDA 1991 -2007
    SHAD AMERICAN 0.045 0.039 0.045 0.013 0.186 13 FDA 2007-2010
    MACKEREL ATLANTIC (N.Atlantic) 0.05 N/A N/A 0.02 0.16 80 NMFS REPORT 1978
    MULLET 0.05 0.014 0.078 ND 0.27 20 FDA 1991-2008
    WHITING 0.051 0.052 0.03 ND 0.096 13 FDA 1991-2008
    HADDOCK (Atlantic) 0.055 0.049 0.033 ND 0.197 50 FDA 1991-2009
    FLATFISH [2*] 0.056 0.05 0.045 ND 0.218 71 FDA 1991-2009
    BUTTERFISH 0.058 N/A N/A ND 0.36 89 NMFS REPORT 1978
    CROAKER ATLANTIC (Atlantic) 0.065 0.061 0.05 ND 0.193 57 FDA 2002 - 2009
    CRAB [1] 0.065 0.05 0.096 ND 0.61 93 FDA 1991-2009
    TROUT (FRESHWATER) 0.071 0.025 0.141 ND 0.678 35 FDA 1991 -2008
    HAKE 0.079 0.067 0.064 ND 0.378 49 FDA 1994-2009
    JACKSMELT 0.081 0.05 0.103 0.011 0.5 23 FDA 1997-2007
    HERRING 0.084 0.048 0.128 ND 0.56 26 FDA 2006-2009
    MACKEREL CHUB (Pacific) 0.088 N/A N/A 0.03 0.19 30 NMFS REPORT 1978
    WHITEFISH 0.089 0.067 0.084 ND 0.317 37 FDA 1991-2008
    SHEEPSHEAD 0.093 0.088 0.059 ND 0.17 6 FDA 2007 - 2009
    LOBSTER (Spiny) 0.093 0.062 0.097 ND 0.27 13 FDA 1991-2005
    LOBSTER (NORTHERN / AMERICAN) 0.107 0.086 0.076 ND 0.23 9 FDA 2005-2007
    CARP 0.11 0.134 0.099 ND 0.271 14 FDA 1992 - 2007
    COD 0.111 0.066 0.152 ND 0.989 115 FDA 1991-2010
    PERCH OCEAN * 0.121 0.102 0.125 ND 0.578 31 FDA 1991-2010
    TUNA (CANNED, LIGHT) 0.128 0.078 0.135 ND 0.889 551 FDA 1991-2010
    SKATE 0.137 N/A N/A 0.04 0.36 56 NMFS REPORT 1978
    BUFFALOFISH 0.137 0.12 0.094 0.032 0.43 17 FDA 1992-2008
    TUNA (FRESH/FROZEN, SKIPJACK) 0.144 0.15 0.119 0.022 0.26 3 FDA 1993 - 2007
    TILEFISH (Atlantic) 0.144 0.099 0.122 0.042 0.533 32 FDA 2002-04
    PERCH (Freshwater) 0.15 0.146 0.112 ND 0.325 19 FDA 1991-2007
    BASS (SALTWATER, BLACK, STRIPED) [3] 0.152 0.084 0.201 ND 0.96 82 FDA 1991-2010
    LOBSTER (Species Unknown) 0.166 0.143 0.099 ND 0.451 71 FDA 1991-2008
    SNAPPER 0.166 0.113 0.244 ND 1.366 67 FDA 1991-2007
    MONKFISH 0.181 0.139 0.075 0.106 0.289 9 FDA 2006-2008
    MACKEREL SPANISH (S. Atlantic) 0.182 N/A N/A 0.05 0.73 43 NMFS REPORT 1978
    SCORPIONFISH 0.233 0.181 0.139 0.098 0.456 6 FDA 2007 - 2008
    WEAKFISH (SEA TROUT) 0.235 0.157 0.216 0 0.744 46 FDA 1991-2005
    HALIBUT 0.241 0.188 0.225 ND 1.52 101 FDA 1992-2009
    CROAKER WHITE (Pacific) 0.287 0.28 0.069 0.18 0.41 15 FDA 1997
    TUNA (CANNED, ALBACORE) 0.35 0.338 0.128 ND 0.853 451 FDA 1991-2010
    TUNA (FRESH/FROZEN, YELLOWFIN) 0.354 0.311 0.231 0 1.478 231 FDA 1991-2010
    BASS CHILEAN 0.354 0.303 0.299 ND 2.18 74 FDA 1994-2010
    TUNA (FRESH/FROZEN, ALBACORE) 0.358 0.36 0.138 ND 0.82 43 FDA 1992-2008
    SABLEFISH 0.361 0.265 0.241 0.09 1.052 26 FDA 2004 - 2009
    BLUEFISH 0.368 0.305 0.221 0.089 1.452 94 FDA 1991-2009
    TUNA (FRESH/FROZEN, ALL) 0.391 0.34 0.266 0 1.816 420 FDA 1991 - 2010
    TUNA (FRESH/FROZEN, Species Unknown) 0.415 0.339 0.308 0 1.3 120 FDA 1991-2010
    GROUPER (ALL SPECIES) 0.448 0.399 0.278 0.006 1.205 53 FDA 1991-2005
    MACKEREL SPANISH (Gulf of Mexico) 0.454 N/A N/A 0.07 1.56 66 NMFS REPORT 1978
    MARLIN * 0.485 0.39 0.237 0.1 0.92 16 FDA 1992-1996
    ORANGE ROUGHY 0.571 0.562 0.183 0.265 1.12 81 FDA 1991-2009
    TUNA (FRESH/FROZEN, BIGEYE) 0.689 0.56 0.341 0.128 1.816 21 FDA 1991 - 2005
    MACKEREL KING 0.73 N/A N/A 0.23 1.67 213 GULF OF MEXICO REPORT 2000
    SHARK 0.979 0.811 0.626 ND 4.54 356 FDA 1990-2007
    SWORDFISH 0.995 0.87 0.539 ND 3.22 636 FDA 1990-2010
    TILEFISH  (Gulf of Mexico) 1.45 N/A N/A 0.65 3.73 60 NMFS REPORT 1978

    Source of data: FDA 1990-2010 , "National Marine Fisheries Service Survey of Trace Elements in the Fishery Resource" Report 1978, "The Occurrence of Mercury in the Fishery Resources of the Gulf of Mexico" Report 2000

    Mercury was measured as Total Mercury except for species (*) when only Methylmercury was analyzed.

    ND-mercury concentration below detection level (Level of Detection (LOD)=0.01ppm)
    N/A-data not available

    †The following species have been removed from the tables:

    • Bass (freshwater) – not commercial
    • Pickerel – not commercial

    ‡Standard deviation data generated from data 1990 to 2010.

    1Includes: Blue, King, Snow
    2Includes: Flounder, Plaice, Sole
    3Includes: Sea bass/ Striped Bass/ Rockfish

    NOTE: NOTE: On February 8, 2006, technical changes were made to the data that was posted on January 19, 2006. The changes corrected data or more properly characterized the species of fish or shellfish sampled. On October 6, 2014, technical changes were made to allow viewers to review the list in order of mercury levels and in alphabetical order by fish species.



    Mercury? It's better than what I've been eating. I'll take my chances...

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  • JRWhitee
    JRWhitee Posts: 5,678
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    Wasn't mercury a car from the 70's? Lol, nice cook Craig.
                                                                
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  • theyolksonyou
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    I gotta say, I'm in Sarasota this week, which apparently is the publix Capitol of the world. They do have a very nice selection of beef and seafood all behind the glass. Saw some swords early in the week, but passed for sockeye instead. Don't regret that, but man that looks good. 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
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    @nolaegghead what/how much mercury is bad for you?  My understanding is the studies linking mercury consumption to fetal brain development from eating ocean going fish were inconvlusive.

    Dr. Meyers study from the Seychelles (sp?) islands studied moms who ate something like 12 meals a week of ocean going fish with relativy high mercury levels and up to the age of 9yrs old and found no link between mercury and brain development in kids.
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  • nolaegghead
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    @Ozzie_Isaac

    The benefits from omega fatty acids for brain and cognitive development are measurable in studies.  The fish with the most fatty acids aren't necessarily the fish with the high mercury levels.  Methyl mercury has the opposite effect on neurological development.  Elemental mercury largely passes through your system, but what you find in fish is mostly the methyl mercury - it's fat soluble and bio-accumulates.

    There's no doubt that mercury poisoning exists and is detrimental. 

    The more you know, like what fish has the most mercury, the more you can moderate your behavior and avoid bio-accumulating mercury and avoiding the health problems that accompany it.

     
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
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    @nolaegghead

    I agree there is mercury poisioning, but the studies of indigenous island dwellers who consume very large amounts of mercury laden deep sea fish have not born out a causal relationship.

    Personally, and perhaps more tin foil hat, I would worry about radioactive contamination from the cesium and other isotopes actively being poured into the ocean at Fukushima.
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  • nolaegghead
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    I'd like to vet your source on the studies of indigenous island dwellers.

    The Fukushima radiation is so diluted, I've heard the buzz of paranoia and fear, but the radiation studies, which are very easy to do (our company does rad chemistry) don't bear out that paranoia.

    http://chriskresser.com/fukushima-seafood/


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  • Focker
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    Selenium is the shiz....
    http://chriskresser.com/5-reasons-why-concerns-about-mercury-in-fish-are-misguided/
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  • Focker
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    We both linked Kresser simultaneously.  lol
    Since we've had an elementary throwback as of late.
    JINX!  Muthafacka!!!!
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  • nolaegghead
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    Focker said:
    Selenium is the shiz....
    http://chriskresser.com/5-reasons-why-concerns-about-mercury-in-fish-are-misguided/
    I agree with this.

    Also, American's eat on average something like 15 pounds of seafood a year.  This is very low compared to other countries.  We should eat more because the benefits outweigh the risks and we don't eat that much, however, there are still some species to avoid or moderate. 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
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    Here is the study I was refrencing.  I remember reading it about 12 years ago ...

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9728641

    Looks like two other similiar and more recent studies show some relationship (roughly -.18 IQ points per ppm in mothers hair sample, but no definitive muscle control impacts) ...

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1852694/#!po=7.26496
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  • nolaegghead
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    Interesting.  I concur with the benefits for prenatal care of eating fish.  The selenium biochemistry makes sense.  Like I said, know what you're eating.  The difference in mercury levels between scallops and tilefish are orders of magnitude.  Also, most seafood eaten is not the worst types.  Shrimp is the most consumed seafood in the US.   The more you know....
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