by Dana Point Fish Company | Feb 27, 2019 | Blog, Fish Recipes, Rockfish
A stir fry with flavorful wood ear mushrooms, bok choy, furiyake, and a honey teriyaki vinaigrette. Vermillion Rockfish Stir Fry Vermillion rockfish filletsWood ear mushroomsBok choyFuriyake seasoningHoneyTeriyake sauceSalt and pepper, as needed Saute rockfish,...
by John Shelton | May 25, 2018 | Isopods, Salmon, Trout, Shellfish
Sea lice are not new to the ocean, but in fish farms with many fish all together in a small area, sea lice and spread and affect an entire farm. A new underwater device scans fish as they swim, and looks for abnormalities in the fish’s scales. As it checks fish...
by John Shelton | Mar 12, 2018 | Flatfish, Saltwater Finfish, Sanddab, Species ID
Speckled Sanddab – Citharichthys stigmaeus. Identifying Characteristics and Biology Small fish in the flounder family, growing up to about 6 to 8 inches in length and weighing about a pound. They are olive brown in color with dark and white speckles all...
by John Shelton | Dec 21, 2017 | Basses, Groupers
The European bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, a sea bass, is also know as Loup de Mer (French) or Bronzino (Italian). Other names include: bar commun, lavraki, and robalo. Identifying Characteristics and Biology The European sea bass is silver gray all over with a darker...
by John Shelton | Dec 21, 2017 | Miscellaneous Finfish, Saltwater Finfish
The John Dory fish is noted in Jules Verne’s An Antarctic Mystery, published in 1897: Among the denizens of the deep, captured by the crew of the schooner with line and net, I noted more particularly a sort of giant John Dory (dorade) three feet in length, with...
by John Shelton | Dec 19, 2017 | Basses, Groupers
The Chilean seabass is the commercially friendly name for the Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides. It’s a deep water icefish that is related to the Antarctic toothfish. Identifying Characteristics The Patagonian toothfish can live up to 50 years and...