Hawaii Seafood Buyers' Guide

Hawaii Seafood Buyers' Guide: Painting of ancient Hawaiians hukilau fishing.

Using This Guide

The Hawaii Seafood Buyers' Guide is comprised of two sections:

Introduction and Species Descriptions. The introduction and each of the 16 species descriptions are separate pages of this Guide. The Introduction provides summary information and tabular data for four major groups of Hawaii's fish species: 1) Tuna; 2) Billfish; 3) Other Open Ocean Species; and, 4) Bottom-fish. The Introduction is intended as a technical reference for buyers' information, including seasonal availability, shelf life, product forms and yields, suggested quantities of purchase and methods of preparation of the major species.

The Species Descriptions provide more popularized background information about biology, availability, fishing methods, catch distribution, substitution potential, quality control, color, taste, texture, and preparation for 16 major species. The Species Descriptions include photographs of each species in whole and filleted forms, and of selected species in food preparations.

Seafood buyers could prep are their own point-of-sale promotional material by combining information from the Species Descriptions with new or existing photographs. Negatives of the photographs contained in the Buyers' Guide are available for this purpose.

Hawaii, Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT), Ocean Resources Branch, P.O. Box 2359, Honolulu, Hawaii 96804. For more information, contact us at Phone: (808) 587-2680, Fax:(808) 587-2777.

Hawaii Seafood Festival Competition

Salad Category

Appetizer Category

Introduction

Hawaii's Other Open Ocean Species

Hawaii's Bottomfish

Species Descriptions

Tuna

Aku (Skipjack Tuna)

Bigeye (Ahi)

Tombo (Albacore Tuna)

Yellowfin (Ahi)

Billfish

Hebi (Spearfish)

Kajiki (Pacific Blue Marlin)

Nairagi (Striped Marlin)

Shutome (Broadbill Swordfish)

Open Ocean

Mahimahi (Dolphinfish)

Monchong (Bigscale or Sickle Pomfret)

Ono (Wahoo)

Opah (Moonfish)

Bottomfish

Hapu'upu'u (Grouper)

Onaga (Ruby Snapper)

Opakapaka (Crimson Snapper)

Uku (Snapper or Jobfish)

Hawaii's Fish Recipes

Grilled Hawaiian Shutome

with Basil Vinaigrette in Hawaiian Avocado Relish

Hawaii Seafood Exporter List

Current Listing and Contact Information

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