Ask anyone who has studied Biology.They have no brain as such,just nerve and bone so they feel no pain or sense as a say a dog or cat does.Just wing it that will sort it out.Or if you really want to kill it first,a smash on the head or if you really want to make sure,a spike driven between the eyes will do it.

 

A good whack with something heavy between the eyes makes them go very quiet, so there must be some nervous system. I have "killed" them, hung them over the side on a rope to keep fresh, then found them still twitching at the end the the day. A bit gruesome really. Best to whack 'em and wing 'em as Ron says. One theory says if you lob the guts over the side you'll not catch another roker from that spot that day - I haven't risked testing that tale. (And by the way, hello PETA!)

 

Blimey, dont talk about killing such an endangered species on here, they`ll all be up in arms !
Hug `em and return, kin tragic !!!!!!!






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I heard Greenpeace want them on the endangered list. Thet were protesting outside morrisons about it.

They are great to eat - no bones, just cartilage like all elasmobranchs.

Carefully pick it up by the tail, with gloves on, and beat it on the deck. Works for me.

 

I heard Greenpeace want them on the endangered list. Thet were protesting outside morrisons about it.

That surprises me because there still seems to be plenty in the sea and they are not exactly a popular table fish. The few anglers that do like them are hardly going to make a dent in the stocks, I wonder if they are being caught and sold abroad by trawlers?

 

Hiya,

It aint the stocks of thornies that's the problem, it's the other rays and skates that are landed that's the problem. Most of catches are landed already winged so there is little chance of identifying the species it came from. So to combat this, like the Commercials Greenpeace have lumped all the species together.

 

There is a big market for rays (wings) up around london and the north, so i was told by a local fish buyer.
Trawlers off north cornwall catch loads. You are right, they are quite common.

I think greenpeace got confused (for a change) with skate (ray is often sold as skate) which are depleated in numbers and (i think) grow pretty slowly. They reproduce slowly and so cannot handle sustained fishing pressure, unless of course catch and release is practiced.

SS

 

Thanks to everyone that replied.

 

I heard Greenpeace want them on the endangered list. Thet were protesting outside morrisons about it.

They are great to eat - no bones, just cartilage like all elasmobranchs.

Carefully pick it up by the tail, with gloves on, and beat it on the deck. Works for me.

Also works well for Greenpeace members too:clap3:

 

While we are on the subject of killing fish, whats the quickest way of killing a Conger Eel. I`ve been told by the mother in-law to bring one home as she hasn`t had it for years (i think she was talking about eels :g: !!!)

Cheers
Alan

 

stab the buggers in the head repeatedly i guess
or even use a priest and give me a good old whack

 

I was told that you cut them about half way through just behind the head

 

I was told that you cut them about half way through just behind the head

Go all the way through and take it's head off should do it....It certainly wont bite no more anyway,thats for sure.

 

grap the eel by the gills with both hands, bend down and swing the eel over your back so its belly is outfacing, pull the head over your shoulder, this will break its neck plus many nerve synapsis, and will quell the biggest eel.

 

grap the eel by the gills with both hands, bend down and swing the eel over your back so its belly is outfacing, pull the head over your shoulder, this will break its neck plus many nerve synapsis, and will quell the biggest eel.

Are you selling tickets to watch that? Should be a good show :blink:

 

grap the eel by the gills with both hands, bend down and swing the eel over your back so its belly is outfacing, pull the head over your shoulder, this will break its neck plus many nerve synapsis, and will quell the biggest eel.

you have got to be kidding!:blink:

 

We've got a couple of priests on the boat, big woddeen mallets just cosh them in between the eyes that should do the trick

P.s watch for bits flying off you'll know about it if you cop one trust me!!:blink:

 

Might seem like a dumb question,but why kill congers,do people actually sell/buy and eat these.I use to always dump them back in and we used to get a lot,but that was18 years ago.

 

Might seem like a dumb question,but why kill congers,do people actually sell/buy and eat these.I use to always dump them back in and we used to get a lot,but that was18 years ago.

Horrid things to eat,like eating a lump of the wreck!

 

grap the eel by the gills with both hands, bend down and swing the eel over your back so its belly is outfacing, pull the head over your shoulder, this will break its neck plus many nerve synapsis, and will quell the biggest eel.

Would love to see the technique on a rolling deck when its raining

 

grap the eel by the gills with both hands, bend down and swing the eel over your back so its belly is outfacing, pull the head over your shoulder, this will break its neck plus many nerve synapsis, and will quell the biggest eel.

one of the funniest things ive ever read, can we have a video clip of your next congaaaaa




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Oh please yea a narrated video clip would be great to watch!!!!!

The BIGGER the Eel the better

 

Horrid things to eat,like eating a lump of the wreck!

I`ve been told they are lovely with a drop of parsley sause.

 

they are actually quite nice too eat congers. bigger ones are better as the flesh is full ofsome bones that break of when you get the meat off.

 

mock ye not, taught how to do this a long time ago, its a bit of an art but the technique works, i would not kill any conger now though, seen enough of that to last a lifetime.