In a message dated 7/24/00 5:29:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
richard@fishonline.co.uk writes:
<< Subj: Mackerel - burnt hands
Date: 7/24/00 5:29:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: richard@fishonline.co.uk (Richard Chivers)
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Has anyone heard of mackerel, after heavy feeding and resultant autolysis,
causing burning of fish workers hands from the acid they secrete?
Richard Chivers
Fisheries Consultant
Seafood Audit International
www.fishonline.co.uk
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Richard,
Many years ago while on a wooden hull, eastern rig, tub trawler of the Grand
Banks we had such a thing occur. Some of the crew who were doing a good deal
of the baiting had the skin begin to burn off in between their fingers. It
was rather painful for the youngsters and I vividly remember trying to ease
the pain and discomfort by putting some anticeptic salve on their open sores
in the wee hours of the morning before they started their 22 hour work day.
Like good Novie fishermen, you never heard them complain. The skipper said it
was because of some bad bait (mackerel).
Paul Dion
Paul Dion Associates, Inc.
Plymouth, MA
USA
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