"Kodiak" wrote in message
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What is the deal with Frontosa's, why are they so expensive?
...Kodiak


In addition to what Net Max stated, frontosa are found at depths of 60 feet and
greater. Fish found this deep need to be decompressed while being raised to the
surface. The frontosa are netted by divers and placed in a netted box. The box
is then brought up ten to twenty feet at a time. Once the frontosa are almost
floating at the top of the netted box, the divers stop the ascent and leave the
box for a day. When they return, it the frontosa have equalized, they'll bring
the box up a little further. Depending on the depth and the vigilance of the
divers (which isn't real high in Africa), it could take two to five days to
bring frontosa to the surface. Since they don't exist in huge schools and due to
limitations on stay limits while diving, only a handful of fronts are caught at
a time. I'd guess less than twenty. And with every catch of ALL the wild caught
fish, there are losses from fin damage, stress, predation in the boxes by eels,
etc.
AC