Above, Below:
Small touches of favor
and proper cooking are
essential to bringing out
the best in fresh fsh.
government allows."
In his view, the incredible
taste is worth the price of
sustainability. "There is
really no comparison with
fresh-caught fsh. Once
fsh has been harvested, its
shelf life is very dependent
on how it is handled and
the temperature at which
it is kept before you break
it down. All of our fsh are
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that the same species can
reproduce and put back
into its own biomass," he
explains. Each species has
its own management criteria.
"Our main target is grouper
and snapper, but grouper is
only permitted from May 1
to Jan. 1 and then shut
down to allow it to spawn.
We switch species we target
based on what the federal
One of the lesser-known fsh from
North Carolina waters is monkfsh.
Photo
by
Shane
Baskin
Photo
by
Shane
Baskin
70 BALLANTYNE MAGAZINE
SPRING 2015