NH Community Seafood-Community Supported Fishery (CSF)

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Welcome to Week 2 of NH's only Community Supported Fishery! This is our Fall Session and we are serving up the seasonal Catch of the Week from NH's shores. And you joined the CSF to try new and local fish, some you didn't even know existed off our shore, right? This is a great week to be in our CSF!

This is exciting news! Our newsletters act as their own blog on our website. The link for them is here: http://nhcommunityseafood.com/blog Last week, we received some top recognition for our collection of newsletters from a Feedspot. We ranked Top 100 Seafood Blogs on the Internet! Check it out here on Feedspot: http://blog.feedspot.com/seafood_blogs/.

 

 

This week is our final week for the Season to supply you with one of our most delicious under utilized species that many New Hampshire Seacoast residents may never even have known existed off our shores, the Dogfish (Cape) Shark!

One of the most under utilized yet delicious local fish in our waters is the Cape Shark, also known as Dogfish shark. These are smaller sharks, about 3 feet in length, with a firm white flesh.

This smaller shark  species was once overfished, but has since fully recovered, due to  management approaches established by the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS).  In 2014,  Northeast Atlantic fishermen were allowed to catch roughly 49 million pounds of dogfish, but they only brought in 46% of that quota. Lack of consumer demand for dogfish contributes to the lack of exposure of this local delicacy.

 

Dogfish is one of many under- utilized NH Species that is responsibly managed and  abundant

 

PERCENT  OF POTENTIAL HARVEST 2014 (Courtesty of GMRI, Portland, ME)

 

 

 

Spiny Dogfish Shark, otherwise known as Cape Shark, compromise the largest shark fishery in the United States and Europe. They are found in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, on our coast, from Labrador to Florida. Dogfish migrate north in the Atlantic in spring and summer and head south for fall and winter. They can live for up to 40 years.

The Dogfish gets it's name from the venomous spines found on either side of its two dorsal fins. Slim bodied with gray coloring and characteristic white spots on top, they are voracious predators. Dogfish eat anything they can find, from crustaceans to squid to other fish (which is why our fishermen love catching them!)

Fillets of dogfish are a reddish/white color, thick and look feathery. The red part turns brown when cooked and the rest will remain white. They are extremely lean with a sweet, mild flavor and if fried and eaten cold the next day, taste surprisingly like chicken!

Soaking your dogfish fillets in either milk or a brine solution (1 cup salt:1 gallon water) for at least an hour before cooking will both tenderize and hydrate the fillet and remove any odors that shark fillets sometimes emit. You can't go wrong frying up these juicy fillets and making the most popular dish in England, the Fish and Chips.

 

Dogfish Fish and Chips, very popular in Europe

 

Cooking Dogfish:

Either soaking this fish as directed above or marinating it before you cook it are the key here! Click here to find more great recipe ideas for this Atlantic treat! There is no fish recipe that dogfish will not work with, have fun and experiment. They are also great on the grill and don't fall apart! 

 

 

 

 

Priced right! Know your Fishermen and Support our Local Fishing Community! Get them while supplies last and meet Damon Frampton, Lobsterman and NHCS Board President! 

 

              

 

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