Nurse Natalie's grandson almost died from ciguatera poisoning last summer. He stopped breathing. He was in the hospital in the city on life support and it was touch and go for a while. Bruce J also contracted it here. This summer my friend and her entire family ended up in the hospital and she almost lost her husband. All attributed to a single fish they ate.

We definitely have infected fish here. Thankfully there are not too many cases.

If I eat barracuda I try to make sure I know how big it was. The bigger ones are more likely to be toxic.

Barracuda are not the only fish that can be infected with ciguatera but it is usually the most likely culprit.