Meh. We caught cod off of the coast of Maine, and it had worms in it. Just cut the filets thin enough so you can see the worms, then cut out the worms. They are small and encysted. Not really a big deal, IMHO.

Wild animals (including fish) have parasites. It's life. No way around it.

If you don't find what you're looking for from the boats, Princeton Seafood Co is another reliable source for quality seafood.

i do not buy that article. i've been in the back rooms of a lot of fish purveyors, and fresh is fresh. frozen is frozen.

the cost to dry ice and liquid nitrogen for freezing is very expensive. ok when selling 500 lb tuna, not so cost effective on taliapa.

If you are buying salmon- be sure that it is wild caught, preferably- Alaska caught- not "Alantic"- that stuff is "farmed" you may as well just eat a handful of wheat or other grain.-

I prefer to source my fish from the Kenai Peninsula- Kasilof River has a decent run of red salmon to dip for.

Cook Inlet also yields a bounty of Halibut and Cod that I've caught over the years. And yes they get worms from time to time- just pull 'em out. ;)

well, i buy a lot of my fish from a wholesale market in jessup, md it is 10 miles south of bwi. all interested can fly to bwi. when i posed this post, i was interest in procuring fish from locations with a wide base of distribution. not an individual, and limited beach or dock source requiring 3000 miles of travel.

[Please excuse the awkward middle school picture of me - but I had to post the fish once I saw someone else familiar with Alaskan fishing!]

Yes. Halibut, just like this beauty. My 14-year-old self named him Hal Booty. The red hole on his head that looks like an eyeball is an exit wound from a 22-gauge shotgun round. It was the only way to get him on the boat without him knocking someone overboard into 200 feet of icy water.

As we were leaving the harbor at 4 a.m., one of the guys on the boat said that women on a fishing boat are bad luck. Well, sir, I agree - it is bad luck for you that this 110-lb lunker picked my hook instead of yours. :)

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My favorite, http://sbfish.com/

For landlubbers I'm going to put in plugs for two online purveyers

catalinaop.com
We make our own sushi now and after ordering from here, it's really hard to get sushi out any more.

normbloomandson.net
For oysters...if you can shuck 'em.

Fresh caught bluefish, simply grilled two hours later.

+1 ^. I am there two -three times a week. Last week they had the most beautiful fresh John Dory. I bought a whole fish, which they cleaned, and we grilled it on the bbq. It was fantastic! This week we had wild Pacific salmon and another night it was Arctic Char. Went there for lunch the other day and had the Cioppino. :) Love it.

second that! catalinaop ^

Soon I guess I'll just give up seafood entirely :(

i think they got screw worms out of american cattle, but pigs still have tricinosis. most vegies and fruits have worms of some sort.

of course, all can be eliminated by pumping some nasty posions into the animals, and spraying the fruits and vegies with the latest version of ddt.