Comments on: Big Fish, Tiny Rays…

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:25:34 +0000

meh, thanks for that, I know more now, though I will probably stay away from eating rays, period. I don’t know if the huge rage was a manta or a sting ray…

By: meh

meh — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:59:01 +0000

MM, the ‘baby’ ray on the very top of the pile is probably the bluespotted ribbontail ray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluespotted_ribbontail_ray). It’s actually not a baby, because this species always stays small! So I hope your conscience rests more easy : ) HOWEVER… this species is classified as ‘near-threatened’ because of overfishing and destruction of its natural habitat… so it’s probably best to stay away from eating it anyway…

I wonder if the huge ray is a manta??

By: marlene

marlene — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:21:33 +0000

yes,my late Father he was fisherman,he always brought
at home such a kind of fish…..

By: marlene

marlene — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:04:35 +0000

wow….wowww

By: skyemermaid

skyemermaid — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:27:22 +0000

marketman,

i had a very similar experience to yours last weekend. the family went to a small beach resort in labason, zamboanga del norte. the first morning we were there, we saw tiny bancas coming in right at the beach. they had large fishes, mostly bariles which they were selling (farm price) at Php 40 per kilo! Then we saw one man jump off the boat into the shallow waters, dragging something gray and white. It turned out to be a sting ray (manta ray? i don’t know the difference). When they beached it, they started cutting it up into pieces, turning the waters red. the kids weren’t grossed out, which surprised me. there was something very primitive about the whole scene. hunters coming home with their catch and dividing the catch, some to sell and some to bring home. when the fishermen parted ways, they each were lugging a big bariles apiece.

by the way, the stingray was “kontrata-ed” to a buyer in poblacion already for Php 35/kilo.