How To Spot A Croaker
Despite what a lot of people might think, all fish don’t look alike, and it doesn’t take an expert like Dr. Franklin to tell them apart. That’s why he and FCEC put together a training session in late August to help market inspectors learn to quickly and accurately identify a local hazardous fish: the white croaker. Over the course of 3 hours, the presenters and the inspectors went over the basic history and aims of the various monitoring, enforcement and education programs, the health effects that make identifying contaminated fish so important and a 4-step comparison process to identify the white croaker.
At the end of the morning, much to the group’s excitement, Dr. Franklin tested their training by asking them to identify fresh fish specimen he had brought with him. The results didn’t disappoint. After the session ended, many of the participants expressed their gratitude to the program. “Wish all Environmental Health inspectors could be attending this training!” said one attendee. And in a way you can all attend. Take a look at our slideshow below and see what you can learn about identifying white croaker. Then let us know how you are able to tell a healthy fish apart from a contaminated one.