The Tuna Harbor Dockside Market has the freedom to test new markets for fish that most high-volume wholesalers are unwilling to consider.
For example, this monchong (aka pomfret), which was line-caught off San Diego’s deep waters by the 70-foot tuna vessel Pacific Horizon. This open-air seafood salon features tuna, black cod, sheephead, rockfish, thornyhead, sand dabs, mackerel, spiny lobster, rock and spider crab, sea urchin, squid, octopus, and sea snails on a seasonal and/or year-round basis. But this chunky monchong was an outlier.
In the early morning of November 21— just a half hour into the market — an Asian customer came up to poke at the pomfret’s firm exterior and check its gills for freshness. And within a minute, she decided to snag this 15-pound fish off the table at $2.50 per pound.
The Tuna Harbor Dockside Market has the freedom to test new markets for fish that most high-volume wholesalers are unwilling to consider.
For example, this monchong (aka pomfret), which was line-caught off San Diego’s deep waters by the 70-foot tuna vessel Pacific Horizon. This open-air seafood salon features tuna, black cod, sheephead, rockfish, thornyhead, sand dabs, mackerel, spiny lobster, rock and spider crab, sea urchin, squid, octopus, and sea snails on a seasonal and/or year-round basis. But this chunky monchong was an outlier.
In the early morning of November 21— just a half hour into the market — an Asian customer came up to poke at the pomfret’s firm exterior and check its gills for freshness. And within a minute, she decided to snag this 15-pound fish off the table at $2.50 per pound.
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