Davis County Clipper | 1944-04-14 | Page 7 | Paiche, 500-Pound Edible Fish, Being Raised in Peru

Pound Edible Fish Being Raised in Peru One of the largest water freshwater fishes in the world the or 12 to 15 feet long and weighing up to pounds is now being raised commercially on a n fish farm in Peru Dried and prepared in long strips the flesh from the monster fish was the tho poor mans man's beef beet in inthe inthe inthe the Amazon region for years Once it was so plentiful that fishermen from one small village could count a n week two-week catch by bythe bythe bythe the thousand Unrestricted fishing almost depleted ted the waters so Peru has established a hatchery to replenish them