04-01-2013, 05:15 AM
Hi, I've been reading this forum for months now, but this post has finally prompted me to reply. It's even important enough for me to have remembered my user name and password (after half a dozen tries).
My husband and I are commercial fishers in SE Ak, apparently there are a few of us in your area! We catch troll caught King and Coho salmon and freeze them on our boat - it's a product called Frozen at Sea (FAS). The fish are caught and flash frozen at 40 below within an hour of catching. This stops all degradation of the flesh and kills parasites. It is sushi grade and sustainable (if you believe any commercial fishery can be sustainable.) SO, my point is why would you want to buy 2 week old "fresh" salmon when you can get a superior frozen product? I agree that there is nothing better than a 2 or 3 day old king, but if you think about a fisher delivering a 5 day old trip to the plant, the fish sitting on ice for two days, flying for two days, ending up at a distributer for a couple of days and then hitting the counter as "fresh" it's a little surprising.
I'm not trying to sell you on FAS, I guess I'm just pretty enthusiastic about the product and I want people to know about it. You have to look for FAS though - it's a totally different product than plant frozen salmon, which is a fish that goes through the same process as the "fresh" fish above, THEN gets frozen - no wonder people don't like frozen fish. Whatever you do, buy wild, sustainably caught fish! Sounds like you know that already.
I'll try not to be so wordy next time - P.S. how many South East Alaska expats ARE there on this forum??? Seems to be quite a few.
My husband and I are commercial fishers in SE Ak, apparently there are a few of us in your area! We catch troll caught King and Coho salmon and freeze them on our boat - it's a product called Frozen at Sea (FAS). The fish are caught and flash frozen at 40 below within an hour of catching. This stops all degradation of the flesh and kills parasites. It is sushi grade and sustainable (if you believe any commercial fishery can be sustainable.) SO, my point is why would you want to buy 2 week old "fresh" salmon when you can get a superior frozen product? I agree that there is nothing better than a 2 or 3 day old king, but if you think about a fisher delivering a 5 day old trip to the plant, the fish sitting on ice for two days, flying for two days, ending up at a distributer for a couple of days and then hitting the counter as "fresh" it's a little surprising.
I'm not trying to sell you on FAS, I guess I'm just pretty enthusiastic about the product and I want people to know about it. You have to look for FAS though - it's a totally different product than plant frozen salmon, which is a fish that goes through the same process as the "fresh" fish above, THEN gets frozen - no wonder people don't like frozen fish. Whatever you do, buy wild, sustainably caught fish! Sounds like you know that already.
I'll try not to be so wordy next time - P.S. how many South East Alaska expats ARE there on this forum??? Seems to be quite a few.
Wendy Alderson