This Week's Catch

August 9 to 13, 2022

Hudson Canyon Bay Scallops

Wild caught, Souther New Jersey Coast

 $16.00 per pound

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If you haven't yet tried these small gems (40 to 60 per pound), please do consider them! Bay scallops are sweet and mild, with a firm, moist texture. They are delicious in pasta, as ceviche, baked with herbs, or lightly pan-seared.

These scallops are sustainably harvested on the southern tip of New Jersey. The harvesting areas are rotated yearly to protect other species and promote healthy harvests. 

Further, they are dry-packed, meaning that there are no chemicals added. (Wet-pack scallops are soaked in a water-retentive solution, meaning that when cooked they exude so much water that they can't be properly seared.) Our sweet and tender scallops will caramelize nicely. Seafood Watch rates them a "Best Choice." Low mercury level.

Black Sea Bass

Pot/trap or handline caught, Atlantic Coast

$26.00 per pound

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There are lots of fish that are called sea bass. Black seabass, though, are actual members of the bass family who inhabit reefs along the East Coast. They are hermaphroditic, born female, and once they reach a certain size they become male, mostly after spawning.

Their flesh is moderately firm and lean with a mild, delicate taste. Seafood Watch rates it a "Best Choice" or "Good Alternative," depending on how it is caught. Low mercury level. Kosher.