Tench - Economic Significance

Economic Significance

Tench are edible, working well in recipes that would otherwise call for carp. They are an important target for coarse anglers and are also used as fodder for predatory species such as bass. Tench, particularly golden tench, are also kept as ornamental fish in ponds and less frequently aquaria.

Read more about this topic:  Tench

Famous quotes containing the words economic and/or significance:

    “The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed, between capital and labor; it is between economic enterprise and the state.”
    —John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)

    “To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.”
    —Marlon Brando (b. 1924)