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This is the meat from the Gamitana fish, one of the most prized meats in the Amazon.   Unlike other fish who live on a diet of animals, the gamitana is an herbivore, eating fruits that fall into the river.   Because it only eats fruits, its meat has a sweet taste to it.

We met this fisherman who was nice enough to sell us his catch.   It was unlike any other type of fish I had tasted, and a special treat.  

Wild gamitana meat is very expensive, because people all over the Amazon love its flavor.   However, the gamitana faces over-fishing in some places.   As a result people are beginning to establish fish-farms which raise the gamitana fish and then sell it at markets.   These people are ensuring that wild gamitanas don't become over-fished and that their populations remain healthy in the wild.