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This is Matt Marinkovich, back from longlining in the Gulf of Alaska.  I brought some taste-treats of the sea home with me!

Rockfish Fillet                                        $ 8.00 per pound

Pacific Cod Fillet                                    $ 6.00 per pound
Lingcod Fillet (available soon)           $12.00 per pound
Halibut CHEEKS                                    $16.00 per pound

10% off if you buy 30 lbs or more!

 

Matt's Fresh FishFRIDAY, MAY 6, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

(but I might stay longer)

at the San Juan Island Food Coop

775 Mullis (right by the bakery!)
472-0392  

 

p.s. We are sending this email to our Seattle, Tacoma and Orcas Fish Lists also just so you can keep up-to-date on Matt.

 

Seattle/Tacoma fish customers:  Let us know if you want some fish because Matt may be able to drop some off you or you can pick up an order from Marine View Cold Storage in Burlington (by the 30 lb box).  We also want to build up the Seattle and Tacoma lists so please add your friends!  
 
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Halibut Cheeks 
Fresh Halibut Cheeks

Sheri Wetherell is Founder and VP of Editorial at Foodista.com.  Thank you Sheri, for the photo and text below!

Halibut Cheeks $16/lb

Halibut cheeks are so sweet and tender they resemble lobster; thin disks with a flaky texture and deliciously rich. Because of its wonderful natural flavor, halibut cheeks require little in the way of preparation. In fact, just a bit of salt, pepper and a squeeze of and some lemon zest does just the trick. Here is a recipe for Halibut Cheeks with Pomegranate Sauce from the Omnivore's Solution.


Note from Matt: These are delicious but a lot of work and I was very happy to hear that the processing plant in Seward could "cheek" the fish and freeze them for me.

Pacific Cod or True Cod
Pacific Cod
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Pacific Cod, U.S. $6/lb  

Information provided by Seafood Watch, Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Pacific cod is a "Best Choice" when caught in the U.S. Pacific Ocean by bottom longline,trap or hook-and-line.

 

The U.S. Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands freezer longline fishery is certified as sustainable to the standard of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

Consumer Note

Market names for Pacific cod include Alaska cod, grey cod, true cod, Japanese cod, madara, tara and codfish.

Note from Matt:  We just catch a few of these and I could tell they wanted to come to Friday Harbor so I brought them home.

 

Cod Casserole 
Want the recipe? Click on photo!
Read, Happy Fish Customers!
Halibut Cheeks
Pacific Cod
Matt's On the Cover!
Lingcod and Yelloweye Rockfish

Matt's on the Cover!

National Fisherman Cover
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Read About Puget Sound Gillnetting in National Fisherman Magazine

Matt is on the cover of National Fisherman Magazine, hauling chums aboard on his gillnetter (maybe you had it for dinner!).  This article is worth the read, as it gives a brief history about the fishery, and fishermen's efforts in direct marketing.  It's important to know where your food comes from, you know.  We have this issue available for you to purchase for $4.00 a copy, which is the cover price. 

Lingcod and Yelloweye Rockfish

Rockfish and Lingcod 

Lingcod $12/lb
Rockfish $8/lb

All of Matt's fish are personally caught and cared for by Matt Marinkovich

 

Each spring, Matt serves as crew (and cook!) on the 58-foot longliner, Discovery, fishing for halibut and blackcod (sablefish) in the Gulf of Alaska out of Sitka and Seward.

 

The halibut and blackcod are both certified sustainable fisheries by the MSC (Marine Stewardship Council).  This internationally recognized certification also insures stocks of any incidentally caught fish (rockfish, Pacific cod, lingcod) will remain healthy as well.

 

The rockfish, Pacific cod, and lingcod Matt brings back from this fishery are all bled, iced aboard the Discovery, then processed at the shoreside facilities in either Sitka or Seward.  They are held in the deep-freeze at the cold storage in Burlington, and brought to San Juan Island in small batches, as needed.

Shelf Rockfish in the Gulf of Alaska, Dec. 2005)  

For more information on Rockfish please read

this post in Matt's blog 

 

Note from Matt: Click here to watch Rockfish swimming in their habitat.  Submersible surveys are performed in outer coast management areas in order to estimate the density of yelloweye rockfish for the annual stock assessment. 

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