For anyone not familiar with the spoonbill, there isn't a bone in the whole fish. When you clean it, you cut off the head, remove the guts and take out the spinal, jelly like cord with the tail. Everything left is steaks! It tastes a lot like swordfish, kinda has the same texture too.
I know for a fact that Kentucky pond owners are making a mint off the "spoonfish" as they call it caviar since problems with the beluga supply.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051226/BUSINESS/512260318/1003 I also know that survival in a small pond is possible as I found one in a drained pond of about 2 acres some time back. He was about 20 pounds.
Here's where I found the hatchery that has pellet fed ones.
http://www.mckenzieco.com/species.html
