Parasitic Worms.

[Warwick_Hunt]

Have only returned to sea fishing this year after a 30 year absence but have noticed that the numbers of parasitic worms in the fish gut seems to have increased.
Caught a decent whitey on Thursday evening off Seaham pier and when gutting it I found that it was infected by what seemed like hundreds of tiny worms. Filleted the fish and washed off all visible ones, then put fillets in the fridge overnight. Had a look the next day and found even more worms that had actually drilled into the flesh of the fish, needless to say I didn't eat the thing.
Is this something common in all fish nowadays?
Has anyone else noticed this?
Is it increasing?
Is it something local to an area?
Should we be concerned?

[codseeker]

extra protien m8 wont harm ya when cooked

[Tall Tony]

Roundworm, totally edible
They usually only infect the organ cavity and not the flesh

[g-force]

Seem common in whiting these days, not that we get the numbers of them up here these days (Blyth way), but I haven't had a wormy codling for a long time........

Gary

[paul s22]

[QUOTE=g-force;228429]Seem common in whiting these days, not that we get the numbers of them up here these days (Blyth way), but I haven't had a wormy codling for a long time........

Gary [/QUOTE
You aint had a codling for a while either! ha ha ha

[g-force]

[QUOTE=paul s22;228430]

Seem common in whiting these days, not that we get the numbers of them up here these days (Blyth way), but I haven't had a wormy codling for a long time........

Gary [/QUOTE
You aint had a codling for a while either! ha ha ha

Yeah, it's been three days, nearly forgotten what one looks like - going out later to see if I can refresh me memory

Gary

[Hartlepool codder]

they always loads in the livers n that of whiteys , not that i eat the stinking things lol . but they do affect cod aswell they just ice worms if ya dont gut ya fish str8 away they sometimes drill into the belly flap of the fillet pick them out with ya knife. wont hurt ya if ya do eat them though .

[Tiddler]

I dont bother with whitey now as they tend to be riddled with them. Here is a link which explains a bit about the worms.

Round Worms in Fish

[eddie t]

I dont bother with whitey now as they tend to be riddled with them. Here is a link which explains a bit about the worms.

Round Worms in Fish

If ya gut them straight away they are fine thats all i do and never had any bother with the worm.