Fish Cleaning and disposal

[MMDon]

[quote Belasko]As kodiak pointed out, the decomposition of fish actually improves the fertility of many streams. THey have studies that prove this in Alaska and in British Columbia as well. If you take that in to account, why wouldn't you through the entrails into the river or lake after cleaning a fish? No smell, it helps the ecosystem, it feeds other aquatic life including some fish in some areas. For this reason even when I catch suckers or carp, instead of throwing them on the bank like many people I'll slit them and throw them back if I feel they need to be killed (usually I just throw them right back in though).[/quote]

That is really only true with fish returning from the ocean. These studies refer to the nutrients supplied from ocean fish. The same minerals and other biomass supplants are not present in fish that have remained landlocked.
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