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Kingklip Fish/Eel


Mrs. B

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Seen the latest issue of Smithsonian Magazine? It sort of looks like the missing link in the evolutionary chain of four-legged, terrestrial mammals to whales.

And while I am not Barton Seaver, I would caution you to buy something else. The South African Sustainable Seafood Initiative, as recently as this past November, called kingklip an exploited species. Reference here.

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I've only ever seen it in restaurants in South Africa. I recall it being very good. Can't speak to the sustainability issues. But its a really ugly looking fish. Are they selling it whole at Harris Teeter?

Fillets. The link I posted said it's not just fished in S. Africa. I might check HT's sourcing. Would that make a difference from a sustainablity POV? I never found any link besides S. Af. caught fish and the no-no list.

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Fillets. The link I posted said it's not just fished in S. Africa. I might check HT's sourcing. Would that make a difference from a sustainablity POV? I never found any link besides S. Af. caught fish and the no-no list.

My South African husband grew up on it and it is his favorite fish. It was certainly the best fish n chips I had ever tasted --in Capetown.

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