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From: Tom@DW
Category: Fish Report
Date: 11/12/2003
Time: 10:34:51 PM
Ive seen em before -- and theyre called Spaghetti worms. Everything Ive read says they are not harmful, but I never ate a wormy fish -- wouldnt want to....
from SeaGrant Louisiana State Univ....
Black drum, especially larger ones, often have had infestations of a larval tapeworm in their flesh. Often called a spaghetti worm, it is really a parasitic tapeworm of sharks and is using the drum as in intermediate host. If the drum is eaten by a shark, the larval worm becomes a reproducing adult in the shark. While they may look unappetizing, they are harmless to humans, even if eaten raw.
Check this Link:
http://www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/biological/drum/blackdrum.htm