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Halibut is prized for its delicate sweet flavor, snow-white color and firm flaky meat. It is an excellent source of high-quality protein and minerals, low in sodium, fat and calories and contains a minimum of bones. Halibut is very versatile in the kitchen, as well, with many recipes for baking, broiling, pan-frying, deep-frying, poaching or barbecuing.
Halibut weighing in at more than 100 pounds are often called “Whales”, “Soakers”, or even “Barn Doors”, while smaller halibut, less than 20 pounds, are often called “Chickens”. The fish can live up to 40 years and sometimes weigh up to 700 lbs and measure as long as 9 ft., though 50 pounds is the average weight. This firm, white-fleshed fish is widely available fresh and at its best from spring through mid-fall.
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FRUGE SEAFOODS is proud to announce it will now be the exclusive distributor of PureFish sustainable seafood products for Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. We will now be offering their full line of sustainable and Organic seafood items with direct shipment from Europe to ensure top quality and freshness for our customers.
Wild Isles Organic Salmon – this E.U Certified Organic salmon is unlike any other farm raised salmon where it is raised in the open ocean of the Shetland Islands, and not in a Loch or Bay like other farms raised salmons. Its certified sustainable aquaculture methods are free from all antibiotics, hormones, & GMO, and its feed is certified organic and uses no synthetic coloring or pigments added. This allows for the quality, taste, and texture of a Wild King salmon to be available year round. You and your customers will taste and see the difference.
Wild Isles Ocean Trout – All Natural Ocean Trout (Steelhead) begins its life in fresh water land based closed containment recirculation tanks, once these rainbow trout reach maturity, they are then transferred to wild water off the island of Skye in Scotland where the continue their grow-out in salt water until they reach a harvest size of 7-12 lbs each. The result is an amazing sashimi quality ocean trout with a higher fat content then salmon and a great flavor that lends itself to any type of cooking or smoking. This sustainably raised ocean trout is a more sustainable and lower costing than a similar Tasmanian Ocean Trout.
Anglesey Aquaculture Mediterranean Sea Bass (Bronzino) – Unlike any other Mediterranean sea bass, this is truly sustainable. Welsh sea bass is raised in a ZERO WASTE land based recirculation farm in Wales, UK. From egg to harvest every detail of its life cycle is cared for and highly monitored to produce the best tasting sea bass using no antibiotics, hormones, and feed free from all GMO’s. Sustainable aquaculture and a zero waste policy (all waste from farms is collected and sold as organic fertilizer to local Welsh farmers) ensures that this sea bass is truly the world’s most sustainable bronzino. You and your customers will truly take the difference and have a boutique product that is only available in 3 cities in North America.
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Halibut
We have beautiful 40-60lb fish this week. We are also getting a small amount of ocean run Halibut cheeks, call today to get your name on the list!
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American Red Snapper
Incredible fish are coming out of Texas on a regular basis. Whole fish ranging in size from 1-2, 2-4 and 4-10.
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We have Bell Farms Steelhead Trout in 10lbs increments. Fillet sizes are 7-9oz skin on boneless fillets. Bell Farms Trout has been designated Best Choice by the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch® Program.
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P.E.I. mussels are still limited, but we do have mussels from the West Coast as well as Maine. We will keep you posted on the next available shipment.
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Arctic Char
Arctic Charr is a unique strain of saltwater charr sustainably farm-raised in Iceland. Often compared to salmon and trout, Arctic Charr has a distinct, sweet buttery flavor and firm pink flesh that sets it apart from other fish on the market.
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East Coast Oysters
More varieties of East Coast oysters are hitting the market. Make sure you are on our East Coast oyster list that we send out every week.
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Gulf Oysters
Galveston is back producing product this week. Sacks and gallons are looking good this week with most of our oysters coming out of Texas. We have standard gallons, select gallons and oyster jars.
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Salmon
Chilean salmon prices are beginning to come down slightly as Norway continues to flood fish into the US markets. We also have North Sea and Canadian product in whole and fillet form. Check with your sales rep for case discounts if you are a volume user.
Scallops
Scallop prices are up and availability is tight due to the East Coast weather. Expect shortages until the end of next week.
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Tuna
Decent prices this week as more fish are hitting the market. Great 2+ and #1 h&g fish are arriving this week.
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Sword
Sword is coming down in price this week. Expect low prices for the next couple of landings.
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Grouper
Grouper are running! We have yellow edge, snowy, black and red grouper available. This is the time to get grouper on your menu!.
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Black Drum
We have fish that arrived from Hackberry, LA this week. We will have product in the 2-4 and 4-8 whole sizes.
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Domestic Crabmeat prices are up, and availability is very poor. This time of year is very difficult for all crab sources.
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Seabass
We have a variety of seabass options. We continue to carry H&G 20-30 kg as well as a smaller 10-20 kg if that is more of what you’re looking for. Prices are moving up and that trend will continue through Lent.
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Rainbow Green™ and Ruby Trout
The trout supply seems to be stable. The variety of the cuts and sizes of this fish never cease to amaze me. There are many options to meet your menu specifications.