Here in Minnesota, we don't eat rock bass because of the worms, and we don't eat eelpout or bowfin because of the taste.
From the scienceblogs.com
AquaBounty scientists combined growth hormone genes from an unrelated Pacific salmon with DNA from the anti-freeze genes of an eelpout fish.
From the theatlantic.com
It is a quaint belief among the Minnesotans that eelpout are inedible, but in fact, they are a delicacy and anyone who likes any kind of fish would relish it.