Whole Black Bass

Pot/trap or handline-caught, Atlantic coast

If you order this item you will get a whole fish—head on, tail on, with bones intact. Cooking a whole fish is easy, adds more flavor, and looks great on the plate. Each fish comes whole, cleaned, and ready for stuffing and cooking.

Lots of fish are called sea bass. Black seabass, though, are actual members of the bass family who inhabit reefs along the East Coast. They are hermaphroditic, born female, and once they reach a certain size they become male, mostly after spawning.

Their flesh is moderately firm and lean with a mild, delicate taste. Seafood Watch rates black seabass a "Best Choice" or "Good Alternative," depending on how it is caught. Low mercury level. Kosher. Each fish weighs approximately 1.5 lb.