Thread: Hogfish
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Old 02-22-2017, 11:02 AM   #59
slowboat
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Re: Hogfish

Hogfish were imports ;
that is what the paper failed to include in the story .
All the undersize hogs came in sealed Styrofoam boxes and their origin was Mexico,
via a Miami distributor .
They were not locally harvested fish. The truth is in the details .
The distributer had no idea , he delivered 1200 lbs to Fishbusters .
10 % of those fish were short , this is common .
I worked as Manager of Half shell market 2 winters ago , and it was common to have
that % to be short in boxes of imported hogfish .
You open a sealed box , from another country , and it contains some shorts .
Do you call FWCC and create a huge hassle for yourself , your distributer , who was unaware of the fish in a sealed box ?
The fish passed import inspection , where does the blame start and end ?
The fish are cut , and used first . Most are never more than an 1/2 inch short , and
Yes, most are speared .
Unfortunate Yes , waste a dead fish ? No.
That is the way it is , you can't completely control imports .
Ever since FWCC lost their Federal funding in this area , they go after every ticket , no matter how small .
What they need to do is ask how did these fish regularly get past inspectors at the Port of entry ?
More to this story , than a bust.
btw: fishbusters is a fish house , not a restaurant , no backdoor sales there.

Last edited by slowboat; 02-22-2017 at 11:15 AM. Reason: added fish house not a restaurant
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