![]() ![]() This is our recommended thawing method for wahoo fillets, portions, and loins. Thawing is accomplished by removing the fillets, portions, and loins from their original packaging and placing them in a sealed plastic container or bag and placing in the refrigerator (33 to 39☏) for 12-24 hours or until thawed. Links to proper seafood handling instructions: NOAA - Fish Watch: Handling Seafood and A Consumer Guide to Safe Seafood Handling. The frozen shelf life for our wahoo is 18 months. Our frozen wahoo (also called ono) fillets, portions and loins should be stored at or below 0☏ (-18☌) and then thawed properly when ready to cook. It has a solid white flesh which when cut into slices has a circular rings seen in the flesh. Wahoo is usually cut for steaks and fillets. In the Gulf of Mexico, wahoo are not regulated. Pacific Islands and in the Highly Migratory FMP wahoo are being monitored as another fishery’s bycatch. The Pelagic FMP is working on the future framework for management in the Exclusive Economic Zone for the U.S. In the Pacific it is in both the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region FMP and the Highly Migratory Species FMP. The FMP is currently trying to regulate current harvest levels and is working to stop any future fisheries. Both have management plans, in the Atlantic it is called the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery of the South Atlantic Region. Wahoo is managed in the Atlantic by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council and in the Pacific by the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council. Wahoo are an expensive fish to commercially catch because they are a solitary and are only sometimes found in small schools. Wahoo stay in tropical and subtropical waters and some tagged fish were reported to travel over 1,700 miles from their original tagged location. Their diet is similar to migratory tunas they eat jacks, pompanos, butterfish, and squid. Frozen wahoo is imported from China, Ecuador, and other Pacific Islands including American Samoa in steak and fillet form. ![]() Usually sold at around 30lbs, is it found in tropical seas but is not abundant and thus has limited fresh supplies. It is a good eating fish, similar to the large mackerels and especially Spanish mackerels. Wahoo are an important game fish caught off southern Florida, Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and the South Pacific and is greatly appreciated in Hawaii, where it is called ono. They are a steel blue fish with small scales, a large mouth and can swim over 45 miles per hour. The fish is also known as Ono, after the Hawaiian word for "delicious".Ī large relative of the mackerels and tunas, wahoo can reach over 100 pounds, 40-65 inches in length, and it is reported they can live up to 5 or 6 years. Some say that the name "Wahoo" is a derivation of the name of the Hawaiian Island Oahu, which was sometimes spelled Wahoo, while others say the name derives from the exclamation of some fishermen, "Wahoo!" who have hooked into the extremely fast running fish. The Wahoo is a dark blue scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. Wahoo is also known as ono, or ocean barracuda. Unlike other mackerel, wahoo has a mild, snow-white flesh that is often compared to the taste of albacore. Poaching or marinades help to softens the texture and is a good compliment to wahoo’s mild flavor also helps to keep the fish moist, this fish can become dry. Wahoo is a lean protein option and its fat content is lower than tuna or mackerel. ![]() It has a less of the “blood meat” or the strong oiler taste seen in other migratory fish. Delicate texture and mild flavor, wahoo is a versatile cooking fish. ![]()
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