"thunder" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:32:20 +0000, Calif Bill wrote:



but putting the fish on ice prevents the ciguatera from what I
understand.

I don't know. It's a toxin, not a bacteria. I wouldn't think icing the
fish would make any difference.


It doesn't. You can't ice it away nor cook it away.

It is supposedly prevalent in other predators that feed on reef fish (like
amberjack and grouper), but I haven't heard of anybody that I know getting
sick from eating those fish...only barracuda.