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The Hawaii Seafood Buyers’ Guide is comprised

of two sections: Introduction and Species Descrip-

tions. The introduction and each of the 16 species

descriptions are separate pages of this Guide. The

Introduction provides summary information and

tabular data for four major groups of Hawaii’s fish

species: 1) Tuna; 2) Billfish; 3) Other Open Ocean

Species; and, 4) Bottomfish. The Introduction is

intended as a technical reference for buyers’

information, including seasonal availability, shelf life, product forms and yields, suggested quantities of

purchase and methods of preparation of the major species. The Species Descriptions provide more

popularized background information about biology, availability, fishing methods, catch distribution,

substitution potential, quality control, color, taste, texture, and preparation for 16 major species. The

Species Descriptions include photographs of each species in whole and filleted forms, and of selected

species in food preparations. Seafood buyers could prepare their own point-of-sale promotional

material by combining information from the Species Descriptions with new or existing photographs.

Negatives of the photographs contained in the Buyers’ Guide are available for this purpose.

For more information, contact us at:

PHONE: (808) 587-2680 FAX: (808) 587-2777.