Is Your Favorite Fish at Risk?
Jeremy Wade goes fishing for the fish chasing native species away...

Is Your Favorite Fish at Risk?

How To Solve The Silverfin Invasive Species Challenge

Recently I went fishing for Silverfin with Chef Philippe Parola and Jeremy Wade, host of River Monsters, on Black River in Louisiana. Jeremy was filming a documentary for the Discovery Chanel on the world’s great rivers, including the Mississippi River.

Chef Parola, the foremost expert on solving the Silverfin invasive speices issue, had the opportunity to share with Jeremy how to solve the multiple issues Silverfin present to commercial fishermen, recreational fishermen, tourism, and the watersports industry up and down the Mississippi River from Illinois to Louisiana.

Is Your Favorite Fish At Risk?

Eight years ago, Chef Parola came to me as the former Executive Director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board expressing his concern for our native species of fish in Louisiana. In our state, these fish grow 30 to 50 pounds on average. Knowing these fish can eat their weight a day in plankton...

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