sablefish
Deep Pacific swimmer
Sablefish is a dark-skinned fish of the North Pacific, prized for its rich, buttery flesh.
It's often called black cod, though it isn't a true cod.
The high oil content makes it ideal for smoking and grilling: The restaurant's miso-glazed sablefish was exceptional.
Oily, slick-bodied fish
- smokedExposed to wood fumes
- silkySmooth and lustrous
- richHaving much of something
- omega-3Polyunsaturated dietary fat
fatty · oily · delicate · flaky · umami · chef · sashimi · fillet
Fishing line with many hooks
- trapDevice for catching animals
- potVessel for cooking
- commercialPaid broadcast promotion
- groundfishFish living near bottom
quota · trawler · bycatch · sustainable · fishery · harvest · catch · vessel
Extremely deep, unmeasurable
- deep-seaOf ocean depths
- cold-waterLacking thermal energy
- seafloorOcean's solid base
- darknessTotal absence of light
pressure · benthic · longline · depth · submersible · sonar · bycatch · sustainable
butterfish
Oily, slick-bodied fish
omega-3 · fatty · oily · delicate · flaky · umami · chef · sashimi · fillet · cured
longline
Fishing line with many hooks
- trapDevice for catching animals
- potVessel for cooking
- commercialPaid broadcast promotion
groundfish · quota · trawler · bycatch · sustainable · fishery · harvest · catch · vessel · deep-set
abyssal
Extremely deep, unmeasurable
- deep-seaOf ocean depths
- cold-waterLacking thermal energy
- seafloorOcean's solid base
darkness · pressure · benthic · longline · depth · submersible · sonar · bycatch · sustainable · Alaska
- seafoodfish, shrimp, crab, lobster, salmon
- marine ecosystemsphytoplankton, oceans, zooplankton, marine life, krill
- Bottomfishcod, flounder, halibut, sole, plaice
- North Pacific Fishpink salmon, sockeye salmon, halibut, rockfish
- Northern Fisheriespollock, halibut, cod, salmon runs, king crab
- oily fishsalmon, tuna, sardine, sardines, anchovy