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Couldn't believe it yesterday when I went to the local market for some fish...Fluke and Sea Bass were $18 a pound and that was some of the less expensive stuff in the case!!!
Halibut was $29.99 !

Amazing the mark-up considering the fact that the guy who worked his ass off to catch and supply the fish gets paid SHIT per pound.

Man when I was a kid Seafood was the cheapest stuff you could buy, we
could actually sell it off the dock at the end of the day and make a few extra bucks. Government got involved and said it wasn't FDA regulated or inspected. So the stuff that was swimming a couple hours ago and Super fresh, turned into One to three day (sometimes longer) FRESH!!
Sad, very Sad.

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Every time I cook a whole sea bass from my offshore trip,

I tell the wife it's a $60 fish......


Literally, last time I saw whole sea bass it was 17.99 a lb at wegmans

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Forgot to mention that I settled on the Swordfish.....$15.99, Such a Deal!!!

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Remember coming off Jamaica this time of year with cooler full of jumbos , whole neighborhood had fresh sea bass, jumbo scup, the older folks would see me loading up to go out and be eager for my return home with frying pans ready.

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Isn't that true, remember going with my mom most Friday's to get fresh fish off the boats! Those were the days.

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Sounds like my old man...when I cook a fresh fish dinner my old man always says, "Do you know how much this would cost if we went out to eat?"

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That's a steal these days.

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I couldn't begin to count the 000's of fish I sold as a kid and young adult off the boat, regular customers back day after day, we were good for them and they depended on us. then the city (NY) decided our daily catch wasn't as suitable as the gray eyed colorless gilled fish that were available in the local market. And nothing brought in went to waste, all wound up on somebody's dinner plate. Local restaurant had Fresh Sea bass on the menu last night, I asked to see a non cooked piece and yes it was "our seabass" so I cant go catch one to eat but I can buy in a store or restaurant.

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This week Shoprite has yellowfin tuna steaks (previously frozen) for $8.99 a pound. Walmart has 2lb bags of frozen wild caught salmon fillets for under $9 (that's $4.50 a lb). Two of Our local party boats have commercial licenses I believe and if you call around you might be able to buy sea bass when they come in (probably cheaper than doing the fishing trip).If you want to buy fish at Wegmans or Whole Foods you are going to pay and I doubt if the quality is better. Years ago they used to tell you fish tasted just like chicken when the fish was cheaper. Now all you have to do is buy a Perdue Oven Stuffer for 99 cents a pound and tell everyone it tastes just like fish!

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