Q: Does fish have an expiration date? When is the best time to order?Īs noted in the answer to the previous question, many times the fresh-frozen seafood that we sell is much better than “fresh never frozen” seafood. In addition to being less prone to spoilage, blind taste tests reveal that frozen fish many times tastes better than “fresh, never frozen” fish. If you care about sustainable seafood management, consider the many pros of frozen fish. 1/4 of fish caught means very roughly 2.2 billion pounds of fish per year or to put it in salmon terms, very roughly 200 million salmon, is literally wasted. There are frozen fish that have been out of the water for three years that can be much better than what you get in a “fresh” case at the supermarket.Īnother reason that frozen fish is superior to “fresh, not frozen” fish is the fact that one-quarter of fish in supermarkets and restaurants is wasted. Catch methods, boat sanitation, processing methods, freezing methods, temperature control, all play an important role in the quality of the fish. Firstly, you have to start with a good fish. There’s no hard and fast rule-a fish’s quality is going to depend on a number of factors. Smart consumers are seeing that fish in the frozen case can be many times “fresher” than what’s in the “fresh” case. Also, it’s really disappointing when fishermen walk by the seafood department in the supermarket and watch (and smell) fish dying. With freezing technologies and good vigilance, frozen fish can be kept for quite some time. We wish more consumers would realize that frozen fish is superior to “fresh never frozen” fish. Flash frozen seafood has become the best option.
But that is not the case with the state-of-the-art freezing process employed by our co-op and other Alaska seafood processors. Unsurprisingly, frozen seafood gained a negative stigma with consumers and chefs requesting never-been-frozen seafood. Many harvesters would reserve their older fish to be canned or frozen. In the past, before on-board refrigeration, the quality of seafood quickly declined once the fish was landed. We take great pride in the quality of our seafood. The Alaska Gold Difference is paying attention to all of these details–catch method, landing method, cuts, bleeding, sanitation, state of the art freezing technologies. Pressure bleeding the fish with a micro-pipette also makes a big difference. Properly cutting and gutting the fish is also really important. Our line-caught fish is handled One Fish At A Time. Line-caught salmon, for example, are harvested on the open ocean when the salmon are in their peak state.
What’s essential is starting with a fresh, high-quality product.
Our co-op sells a good amount of its fish to restaurants and retailers fresh, never frozen, yet we sell a larger amount of our fish frozen because more and more buyers understand that frozen fish, when handled correctly, can be “fresher than fresh.” Because the headaches in logistics are made much simpler once a fish is frozen, frozen fish also has a much smaller carbon footprint than a fresh fish. According to Ecotrust, the results were telling: “not only did consumers prefer the frozen fish, but the flash-frozen products also rated higher in quality and freshness, as measured by the CQR.” A recent blind taste test with Oregon State University, Ecotrust, and Seafood Analytics, a firm that has developed a Certified Quality Seafood Recording (CQR) device that uses an electric current to measure freshness, allowed home consumers to compare “fresh” and “frozen” seafood. Smoked King Salmon Bellies | Alaska Gold Seafoodīlind taste tests have shown that frozen fish many times taste better than “fresh, never frozen” fish. Traditional Smoked King Salmon | Alaska Gold Seafood Sitka Wild Seafood Pack: Alaska Gold Seafood Variety Pack with Halibut | Alaska Gold Seafoodĭungeness Crab Clusters | Alaska Gold SeafoodĬanned Ivory King Salmon | Alaska Gold Seafood Wild Ivory King Salmon portions | Alaska Gold SeafoodĪlaska Gold Canned Sockeye Salmon | Alaska Gold SockeyeĪlaska Gold™ Halibut Portions | Alaska Gold SeafoodĪlaskan Sablefish (Black Cod) portions | Alaska Gold Seafood Marbled Wild King Salmon Portions | Alaska Gold SeafoodĮasy Salmon Wild Salmon Burger Meat | Alaska Gold Seafood Wild Keta Salmon Portions | Alaska Gold Seafood Wild Coho Salmon Portions | Alaska Gold Seafood Wild King Salmon Portions | Alaska Gold Seafood Alaska Gold Standard Variety Pack | Alaska Gold Seafood
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