East/West Coast Halibut
AVAILABLE: EAST - year-round with some closures; WEST - March through November
With exception of swordfish, tuna, and some sharks, no fish has a greater size potential than halibut. While halibut in excess of 600 pounds are common, most of fish we sell weigh in at less than 40 pounds. The meat is firm, mild in flavor with a snow white color. It is said that Eastern Halibut is a bit sweeter in taste and fattier than West Coast Halibut.
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Wild/Farm Black Cod
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Grilled, smoked or roasted, Black Cod has become one of the hottest market items in recent years. Also know as Butterfish, due to it's rich fat content, this fish is very forgiving when cooked and always delicious. It has a similar taste and texture to Chilean Sea bass, but unlike Sea Bass, the annual Alaskan harvest is carefully managed (when wild) or it is responsibly farmed.
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Wild/Farmed Striped Bass
AVAILABLE: Year-round
With its streamline silver body and trademark stripes, Striped Bass is a handsome fish. Wild Stripers are carefully regulated in the market. The farmed species--often bred with white bass and nicknamed "whippers"--is also a popular seller. Both are prized for their mild flavor and firm flake.
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Dom/Import Grouper
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Grouper is a warm water fish that come in many varieties, brown, gray, black, and spotted are just a few. They have a large mouth that generates a powerful suction to suck in their prey, which then are swallowed whole. Their white meat has a very firm texture and moist flake.
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Dom/Import Red Snapper
AVAILABLE: Year-round
With its distinctive red skin and eyes, the true Red Snapper is found off the Southeast coast of America. They get their name from their large "snapping" teeth. Their meat is lean sweet and moist with a firm white texture.
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Lake Victorian Nile Perch
AVAILABLE: Year-round
This freshwater perch is named after the lake of its origin in East Africa. A lake about the size of South Carolina. It has a mild flavor, medium firm texture and high oil content. They can grow in excess of 300 pounds, but the commercially fished variety tends to be 6-10 pounds.
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Cod Fish
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Cod is a popular low fat fish with flakey white meat and a mild taste. Young Atlantic Cod or Haddock prepared in strips for cooking are sometimes refered to as scrod.
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Mahi-Mahi
AVAILABLE: Year-round
At first a by-catch of the tuna and swordfish fisheries, Mahi-Mahi has recently come into its own as a popular fish. They are among the fastest growing fish and are know to change color once pulled from the water. They have firm pinkish flesh and a sweet flavor.
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Corvina
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Found in the cool northern waters of the Gulf of California, Corvina are similar to grouper in flavor and have a white flaky texture.
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Branzini
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Also known as, Branzino, or Loup de Mer ("Sea wolf"), this Mediterranean Sea Bass is a moist, flakey fish that is especially delicious grilled whole. It was one of the first European fish to be farmed commercially.
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Monkfish
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Found along the coastal areas of the Atlantic, this bottom dwelling anglerfish has a small rod-like cord attached to it's spine, which it dangles in front of its massive mouth as bait to lure prey. The tail meat is white, firm, and often called the "poor man's lobster."
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Black Fish
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Blackfish or Tautog are brown and dark olive in color, with white blotches, and plump elongated bodies. They have rubbery skin and a thick coating of slime to protect their skin from scrapes as they swim along the rocky shores of the Atlantic. They feed on mollusks and crustaceans, and have a dry, delicate flavor.
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Wild/Farmed Sturgeon
AVAILABLE: Year-round
This prehistoric-looking creature, without scales but with scutes, can reportedly live up to 100 years and weigh close to a thousand pounds. It is commonly referred to as the veal of the sea and is a favorite fish for smoking. New aquaculture practices have more closely replicated the taste and texture of farmed Sturgeon to that of wild Pacific White Sturgeon. Atlantic Sturgeon is an endangered specie, and thus not commercially harvested.
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Yellow Tail/Hamachi
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Yellow Tail or Hamachi is part of the tuna family and is a favorite of Japanese sushi bars. It is primarily sold in fillets, and is well know for its rich, clean flavor.
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Hiramasa
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Considered to be the king of all yellow tails, Hiramasa, like Hamachi, is part of the tuna family. It is primarily sold fresh whole and is farmed raised in New Zealand and Australia.
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Yellow Fin Tuna
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Often marketed as Ahi, the yellowfin tuna is one of the largest tuna species, reaching weights of over 300 pounds. These majestic giants have deep red flesh and a firm smooth texture makes them one of the most popular steak fish.
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Bigeye Tuna
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Named for its large round eyes, this tuna is sold primarily to sushi bars. It has deep red flesh and a high oil content.
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Wild Blue Fin Tuna
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Wild Blue Fin Tuna is one of the most highly-prized fish. It is a particular delicacy in Japan, where a single giant tuna recently sold at auction for nearly $250,000. It has deep red meat, wonderful marbeling and a smooth velvety texture.
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Ranched Blue Fin Tuna
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Because of worldwide demand, Wild Blue Fin has become increasingly more rare and controversial. Aquafarms have recently developed methods to succesfully raise the specie in pens. These Ranched Blue Fins have the same deep red flesh and melt-in-your-mouth texture as the wild variety.
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Swordfish
AVAILABLE: Year-round
One of the most popular steakfish, Swordfish named for its sword-like bill, can grow to over 300 pounds. Their dense juicy texture and a slight lemony flavor makes them a menu favorite.
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Rockfish
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Pacific Rockfish are a delicate, moist fish with dozens of varieties, including the prized Yelloweye and Red Bandit varieties. They are delicious when steamed whole.
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Fluke
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Sometimes called "Summer Flounder" because of its seasonal abundance, Fluke is a bottom dwelling flatfish from the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Larval fluke undergo a metamorphosis, where their right eye migrates to the left side of its head and begins to swim as a flatfish. It's white, mild, flakey meat is similar to flounder.
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Flounder
AVAILABLE: Year-round
This flatfish is smaller in size than its cousin the fluke and has eyes an the right side of its head. It has a mild flavor and flaky texture.
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Black Sea Bass
AVAILABLE: Year-round
Found primarily in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, this top-selling fish has a firm, moderately fatty flesh and a delicate flavor. It largely consumes a diet of crabs and shrimp and can vary in color from brown to dark gray.
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New Fulton Fish Market • 800 Food Center Dr., Unit 22 • Bronx, NY 10474 • 718.842.2288 • dankim(at)alaskanfeast(dot)com 