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According to the National Fisheries Institute, the only seafood that is more popular in the United States is shrimp - but salmon still reins supreme as the country's top finfish.
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Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
After Mexico's central government put a temporary hold on upper Gulf finfish, assuming the finfish nets were catching vaquitas, Santa Clara fishermen burned several government trucks and staged a symbolic kidnapping of local officials, who then had to be airlifted out.
—Erik Vance, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2017
For much of the last century, eating Italian here meant choosing from a roster of red-gravy pastas and butter-sauced finfish.
—Brett Anderson, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
All jubilee participants who are 16 to 64 years old who harvest shrimp by cast net or harvest any finfish like flounder, speckled trout and redfish are required to have a saltwater fishing license, and those 16 and older are required to have a saltwater angler registry.
—David Rainer Alabama Department Of Conservation and Natural Resources, al, 10 Aug. 2023
But the finfish may still have a long journey ahead of them.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2022
Yet, in a win-win for commercial fisheries, marine wildlife, and consservationists, researchers have found that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
Also, people should not each any shellfish such as crabs and shrimp collected near any beach under a no-swim advisory, although finfish can be eaten if filleted, officials said.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2022
Farmed finfish is generally cheaper than wild, and many restaurateurs consider farmed bivalves tastier than a lot of wild varieties.
—Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American, 1 May 2022
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Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
After Mexico's central government put a temporary hold on upper Gulf finfish, assuming the finfish nets were catching vaquitas, Santa Clara fishermen burned several government trucks and staged a symbolic kidnapping of local officials, who then had to be airlifted out.
—Erik Vance, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2017
For much of the last century, eating Italian here meant choosing from a roster of red-gravy pastas and butter-sauced finfish.
—Brett Anderson, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
All jubilee participants who are 16 to 64 years old who harvest shrimp by cast net or harvest any finfish like flounder, speckled trout and redfish are required to have a saltwater fishing license, and those 16 and older are required to have a saltwater angler registry.
—David Rainer Alabama Department Of Conservation and Natural Resources, al, 10 Aug. 2023
But the finfish may still have a long journey ahead of them.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2022
Yet, in a win-win for commercial fisheries, marine wildlife, and consservationists, researchers have found that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
Also, people should not each any shellfish such as crabs and shrimp collected near any beach under a no-swim advisory, although finfish can be eaten if filleted, officials said.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2022
Farmed finfish is generally cheaper than wild, and many restaurateurs consider farmed bivalves tastier than a lot of wild varieties.
—Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American, 1 May 2022
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“Finfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finfish. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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finfish
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fin·fish
ˈfin-ˌfish 
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