Shots - Health Blog : NPR: "In A Fish-Eat-Fish World, Order Asian Carp And Lionfish To Save The Rest"

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Shots - Health Blog : NPR:

"In A Fish-Eat-Fish World, Order Asian Carp And Lionfish To Save The Rest"

Yesterday, the advocacy group Food & Water Watch released its 2011 Smart Seafood Guide. And high on the list of seafood that's OK to eat are such invasive species as lionfish, Asian carp, blue tilapia, and a few kinds of crab.

Some of these may not be well-known to gourmands, but all of them are pushing out the locals in various rivers, lakes and coastal areas around the country.

The environmental group wants to show they can be as tasty as they are pesky. So it enlisted hotshot chef Kerry Heffernan of South Gate Restaurant to cook up some lionfish and Asian carp yesterday at the James Beard House, a foodie hangout in New York.

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