“Cape snoek is often seen as a low-value fish, but it is in fact a healthy, relatively cheap high-protein, low fat food source that is high in ‘good’ omega-3 fatty acids,” Henning summarises the findings. “Snoek is therefore an important and healthy source of protein,” adds Hoffman.

Snoek is one of the great culinary pleasures of the Western Cape (the province surrounding Cape Town). The flesh is oily and presumably packed with all the health benefits that oily fish brings; the meat is firm and strongly flavoured, rather like mackerel on steroids.

Thyrsites atun (Euphrasén, 1791), the snoek, is a long, thin species of snake mackerel found in the seas of the Southern Hemisphere, and a popular food fish in South Africa, particularly along the west and southwest coast. It is also known in Australasia as barracouta though it is not closely related to the barracuda.

Snoek are caught using bottom trawl nets. These nets are dragged near the sea floor at various depths. This type of fishing is known to cause damage to the surrounding habitats and bycatch of many vulnerable species including birds, sharks and other fish species is an issue.

If cooked with the skin on, the meat will develop an unpleasant soapy taste. It is a white fish, with meat that’s heavier than a trout’s but lighter than a swordfish steak’s, and it has excellent flavor, in part due to its diet of crustaceans and other smaller fish.

Because the supply of domestic grouper is limited and the demand great, it is typically a more expensive fish to purchase than others. Wholesale fillet values are generally between $11 to $13 per pound, which means retail value, what consumers pay, is typically even higher.

While goliath groupers really aren’t any danger to humans, they will pretty much take what ever they want, like that fat bully that shoves kids into lockers and takes their money, then goes home and cries because he’s lonely.

Goliath Grouper is Perfectly Edible – But It’s Forbidden to Do So in Most of the Areas. According to the old-timers who’ve caught goliath grouper before the ban was placed, it’s a fine-tasting fish comparable to other fish in the grouper family in taste, though the meat may be a little course.

In comparison to grouper, the flesh of snapper tends to be a little more delicate, but it still has a nice, sweet flavor as well when grilled, and can handle aromatic flavors better than grouper, so get creative!

Grouper. There are more than 400 different species of grouper in the sea, but the most popular Florida favorites are Black Grouper, Red Grouper and Gag. This type of fish has a very mild flavor (somewhere in between seabass and halibut) with a light, sweet taste and large, chunky flakes, almost like lobster or crab.

Red Snapper

Red snapper is a low-calorie, high-protein fish that contains all nine essential amino acids. 3 It’s also packed with Vitamins D and E, the minerals magnesium and selenium, and is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids. It does have moderately high levels of mercury, however, which can pose a health risk.

Good choices are safe to eat one serving a week. They include bluefish, grouper, halibut, mahi mahi, yellowfin tuna and snapper. Fish to avoid shouldn’t be eaten at all because they have the highest mercury levels. They include King mackerel, marlin, shark, and swordfish.

Tilapia is loaded with omega-6 fatty acids, which we already eat too much of in our modern society. Excess omega-6 can cause and exacerbate inflammation so much that it makes bacon look heart-healthy. Inflammation can lead to heart disease and also exacerbate symptoms for people suffering from asthma and arthritis.

Is tilapia safe to eat? When farms rear the tilapia in good conditions, the fish are safe to eat. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) list tilapia as one of the best choices for pregnant or breast-feeding women and children over the age of 2 years. This is due to its low mercury and contaminant content.

Fresh Tilapia from Mexico and Honduras is an all-natural, delicious, healthy and responsibly-raised fish that will make the perfect addition to your family’s healthy diet. Tilapia from Mexico and Honduras is easily available and about 70% of the Fresh Tilapia eaten in the USA comes from these two countries.

– Tilapia can’t be found in the wild, but only in fish farms. – That it is worse for you than bacon or hamburgers. – It contains dioxin, a cancer causing chemical.

Cod is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is popular as a food with a mild flavour and a dense, flaky, white flesh. Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, and omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA).