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Specialists in live and fresh chilled seafood.
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Overview
Our Seafood
New Zealand’s most sought after species.
Trade Home
Specialists in live and fresh chilled seafood.
Tarakihi
NEMADACTYLUS MACROPTERUS
Tarakihi
Medium to firm white flesh with a low to medium oil content; suitable for all methods of cooking. Fillets are skinned and boned or scaled, skin on, pin bone in.
Belongs to the Cheilodactylidae family (terakihi, morwongs). Most abundant south of East Cape, around Cook Strait and on the east and west coasts of the South Island at depths of up to 250 metres. Methods of catching are longline and bottom trawl.
Nutritional Information
Catch methods
Bottom Trawl
Longline
Where we’re fishing
Seasonal Availability
Product Specifications
Chilled
Whole fish:
Run of catch, graded small/medium/large 12kg (26.46lbs) per poly box.
Fillets:
Skin on bone in/skinless, boneless.
Keep well chilled 0°C (32°F).
Product received whole should have fillets removed to retain fillet quality and shelf life.
Frozen
Whole fish:
Individually bagged 10kg (22.04lbs).
Fillets:
Skinless/boneless or scaled, skin on, pin bone in (Tiki fillets) shatter pack 5kg + 10kg (22.04lbs).
Best stored at -18°C (0°F) in supplied strapped cartons to avoid freezer burn/dehydration.
Recommend cooking from frozen or semi frozen state to retain succulence.
Do not thaw as fillets are moist.
