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- Category: Fish Glossary
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- Need a helping hand with your Christmas orders?
- MSC | Sustainable Seafood September
- Crafting Hearty Winter Dishes with Fresh Fish and Seafood
- Autumn Catch-Up | Fish & Seafood Market Report 2024
- August Bank Holiday Delivery Schedule
- Responsible Sourcing Guide From Direct Seafoods
- Come behind the scenes with us!
- Sourcing Sustainable Seafood: A Chef’s Guide
- Q&A with our seafood buyers
- May Bank Holidays
- Nourishing Your Body: A Guide to Essential Nutrients
- The Juice Fresh Trends Report 2024
- Happy Easter Holidays From Direct Seafoods
- The Importance of Stock Rotation for Fresh Seafood
- Tips for The Perfect Fresh Fish Pairings
- What is glaze on frozen fish? Q&A with Michael Hansen.
- Navigating the Waves: Mastering the Art of Planning Menus
- 2024’s Top 5 Hottest Trends in the UK Fresh Food Industry
- Winter Catch-Up | Fish & Seafood Market Report 2023
- MSC UK Awards Winner | Direct Seafoods
- Direct Seafood presents: Your go to guide to the most widely used fresh food industry accreditations.
- Christmas & New Year Delivery Schedule
- Direct Seafoods continue to take steps towards reducing and using suitable packaging.
- Pros and cons when choosing farmed or wild salmon
- Autumn Catch-Up | Fish & Seafood Market Report 2023
- Direct Seafoods specialists helping to prepare all your seasonal essentials
- August Bank Holiday Delivery Schedule
- Freshly prepared fish and seafood help towards reducing waste and supports sustainability
- The nation’s top menu choices | July 2023
- Children’s Seafood Menu Ideas
- Direct Seafoods new apprenticeship scheme
- Reducing food waste to support your sustainability initiatives
- Summer Catch-Up | Fish & Seafood Market Report 2023
- Supporting the British fishing industry
- World Cocktail Day | Pairing Inspiration
- May Bank Holidays
- We’re making a splash with our article in the latest issue of Wholesale News!
- Happy Easter Holidays From Direct Seafoods
- Creating fish and seafood dishes for the calorie conscious consumer
- Mother’s Day Recipes
- Spring Catch-Up | Fish & Seafood Market Report 2023
- Native & rock oysters and mussels Valentine’s specials.
- Norwegian Skrei Cod Season
- Valentines Recipes
- Fresh Food Hub App Update (Version 7.3.4)
- FWD Green Wholesaler of the Year 2022 award | Direct Seafoods
- Winter Catch-Up | Fish & Seafood Market Report 2022
- National School Meals Week | #NSMW2022
- Responsible Sourcing
- MSC UK Awards Winner | Direct Seafoods
- Listeria Statement | 14.09.22
- Announcement | Monday 19th September
- National Hospitality Day
- MSC | Sustainable Seafood Week
- Autumn Catch-Up | Fish & Seafood Market Report 2022
- Summer Bank Holiday Schedule
- Working Together | Butcombe Brewery
- International Beer Day 05.08.22
- National BBQ Week | Grilled Mackerel Recipe
- Source & Species
- Queen Scallops and Prawns Recipe
- Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
- Training and chef support
- Summer Catch-Up | Fish & Seafood Market Report 2022
- BRC Certification
- Working Together | The Alchemist
- Stop Food Waste Day | 27th April
- Happy Easter From Direct Seafoods
- Direct Seafoods Waste & Carbon Reduction
- Mother’s Day | 27th March
- Norwegian Skrei Cod
- Spring Catch-Up | Fish & Seafood Market Report 2022
- Valentines Recipes From Direct Seafoods
- Care Caterers Menu Solutions
- MSC Canadian Lobster Tails
- World Fisheries Day
- Fish Focused Trends for 2021
- Winter Catch-Up | Fish & Seafood Market Report 2021
- PODfather | Proof of delivery system
- National School Meals Week | #NSMW2021
- Online Ordering Platform
- MSC UK Awards Winner | Direct Seafoods
- Happy Halloween | #BOO
- Market Report Insights From Direct Seafoods
- Seafood Is Climate Smart Food | Seafish
- World Pasta Day
- Meet The Experts
- Buyers’ Pick From Direct Seafoods
- Direct Seafoods Named MSC Fresh Fish Foodservice Supplier Of The Year
- Our Businesses | Neve Fleetwood
- Meet The Experts
- Natasha’s Law
- Supplier Spotlight | Severn & Wye
- British Food Fortnight
- National Hospitality Day
- Sustainable Seafood Week
- Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight
- MSC | Sustainable Seafood Week
- Sustainability Policy 2021/22 From Direct Seafoods
- Our Businesses | Campbell Brothers
- Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight
- National Burger Day
- #LoveSeafood Campaign by Seafish
- Meet The Experts
- Our Businesses | Direct Seafoods London
- Autumn Catch Up – Fish & Seafood Market Report 2021
- National Afternoon Tea Week
- International Beer Day
- Supplier Spotlight | The Kingfish Company
- National BBQ Week,Grilled Mackerel Recipe
- Battered Mackerel Recipe
- Summer Catch Up – Fish & Seafood Market Report 2021
- Delivery Days Update
- Recipe Spotlight – Oriental Baked Salmon Recipe, by CJ Jackson
- Have you tried our Thai Style Fishcakes ?
- MSC Certified Coley Recipe, Buyers’ Pick
- New Delivery Days Update
- Direct Seafoods’ response to Seaspiracy
- Brexit Update
- Spring Catch Up – Fish & Seafood Market Report 2021
- Valentines Recipes
- Children’s Seafood Menu
- Autumn & Winter Seafood Starter & Buffet Selection
- Summer Seafood Market Report
- Post lock-down menu
- Helping you get back to business
- Mothers Day Recipes
- Glitne Halibut takes the win at The Caterer Product Excellence Awards
- Seafood Vision 2020
- Sea Bass MCS rating update
- Smoked ChalkStream® trout with pickled vegetables and avocado.
- Pan fried hake with a crab and prawn croquette recipe
- Mussels with Rose Harissa and chorizo recipe
- Local caught grilled mackerel recipe
- Hot smoked ChalkStream® trout pâté recipe
- Baked oysters with a Rose Harissa and Manchego cheese crust recipe
- Grilled whole plaice with brown shrimp and samphire butter
- Summer recipe; En papillote baked farmed sole with clams recipe
- Summer recipe; Hot smoked sea bass pâté with lime and coriander
- Summer recipe; Butter poached Glitne halibut
- Summer recipe; Clams with cider and smoked bacon
- Crispy Battered Coley Recipe
- Battered Mackerel Recipe
- Deep Fried Cod And Monkfish Bites Recipe
- Deep Fried Plaice Recipe
- Crispy Battered Whiting Recipe
- National Fish and Chip Day 2019
- Direct Seafoods urges chefs to stay up to speed on sustainability
- May’s Catch-Up now available
- Roux Scholarship Ceremony 2019, Winner Revealed
- Direct Seafoods warn chefs on halibut sustainability
- Atlantic Halibut, Endangered Species.
- 2019 Uk – Norwegian Seafood Summit.
- CH&co Group, ChalkStream® Trout Cook-Off Competition
- Seafood Summit UK | Seafood is the way forward.
- Hilton UK & Ireland’s Launch Of Sustainable Seafood Week
- Craft Guild of Chefs, National Chef of the Year
- Direct Seafoods on Sustainability
- Christmas Buffet Selection
- Seafood Week by Seafish
- Responsible Fishing Scheme
- Responsible Fishing Port Scheme
- Innovation Day with Restaurant Magazine
- Catch-Up
- 2018 Norwegian – UK Seafood Summit.
- Meeting with the Sustainable Restaurant Association.
- Fisheries Improvement Project
- Launch of Sustainable UK Seafood Industry Statement
- Launch, and Publication of Seafood Framework
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Seasonal market reports
- Autumn Market Report 2024
- Summer Market Report 2024
- Spring Market Report 2024
- Winter Market Report 2023
- Autumn Market Report 2023
- Summer Market Report 2023
- Spring Market Report 2023
- Winter Market Report 2022
- Autumn Market Report 2022
Seafood recipes
- Devon crab sandwiches
- Devon crab cocktail
- Clams with cider and smoked bacon
- Prawns and pimms salsa
- Ceviche of Monkfish & Salmon
- Cured Smoked Mackerel, Poached Rhubarb and Rhubarb Slaw
- Cured & smoked mackerel, with rye toast
- Smoked fish platter with sweet and sour pickled vegetables.
- Pan fried mackerel fillets, BLT salad, heritage tomato, little gem, smoked bacon lardons, herb mayo dressing
- Fire roasted sardines, burnt chilli, garlic & lemon butter, caramelised lemon
- Pan fried hake, sorrel butter sauce, grilled asparagus with gremolata
- Gin cured ChalkStream® trout, celeriac slaw, pickled candy beets, fresh herbs
- Butter steamed plaice, warm tartare butter sauce, pickled cucumber salad with crunchy frickles
- Deep fried plaice, served with grilled lime, sweet chilli sauce and chips.
- Chilli, coriander and lime tempura battered swordfish steak
- Lobster tails with garlic, honey and chardonnay sauce
- Baked Glitne halibut with blood orange, pomegranate & coriander oil dressing
- Oysters “au naturel”
- Pan fried sea bass
- Skrei cod loin with roasted cumin-spiced cauliflower
- Thai red curry mussels
- Smoked haddock kedgeree
- #BritishPieWeek | Fish pie recipe from Direct Seafoods
- Baked scallops served in their shells with garlic butter, beetroot gravadlax and mojito cured salmon
- Baked farmed halibut persillade
- Grilled mackerel, sprouting broccoli stem & kimchi, maris peer, fennel garlic
- Smoked ChalkStream® trout with pickled vegetables and avocado.
- Pan fried hake with a crab and prawn croquette
- Mussels with rose harissa and chorizo
- Local caught grilled mackerel
- Hot smoked ChalkStream® trout pâté
- Baked oysters with a rose harissa and manchego cheese crust
- Grilled whole plaice with brown shrimp and samphire butter
- Curried mussels, sweet potato, leeks & grilled rye
- Battered mackerel, served with deep fried samphire
- Sumac spiced breaded swordfish steak
- ChalkStream® Trout fillets, chorizo, peas, grilled little gem & shoots finished with garden pesto
- Queen scallops and prawns in a cone
- En papillote baked farmed sole with clams
- Crispy battered coley
- Butter poached halibut
- Deep fried cod and monkfish bites
- Crab & nduja croquetas, lobster aioli, parsnip crisps
- Lobster cocktail roll, crispy lobster ‘nuggets’ in spicy batter, citrus chilli marie rose sauce
- Hazelnut crusted brill
- Pan fried Skrei cod
Seasonal fish
- Yellowtail - Hiramasa
- Winkles
- Whiting
- Whelks
- Turbot
- Turbot
- Tuna - Big Eye
- Tuna - Yellow Fin
- Trout - Sea Reared
- Trout Rainbow
- Trout - ChalkStream®
- Tilapia
- Swordfish
- Squid - Native
- Sprats
- Sole - Witch (Torbay)
- Sole - Megrim
- Sole - Lemon
- Sole - Dover
- Sole - Farmed
- Snapper - Red
- Ray Wings
- Shrimp - Brown
- Sea Trout
- Sea Bass
- Sea Bass
- Scallops - Queenies
- Scallops - Native / Native Dived
- Scallops - American
- Sardines
- Sand Soles
- Salmon
- Red Drum - Channel Bass
- Prawns - White
- Prawns - Black Tiger
- Pouting
- Pollock
- Plaice
- Pangasius
- Oysters - Rocks
- Oysters - Native
- Octopus
- Mussels
- Mullet - Red - Exotic
- Mullet - Red
- Mullet - Grey
- Monkfish
- Meagre
- Mahi Mahi
- Mackerel
- Lobster Native
- Lobster Canadian
- Ling
- Langoustines
- John Dory
- Herrings
- Halibut - Farmed
- Hake
- Haddock
- Gurnard - Red/Grey
- Flounder
- Dabs
- Crayfish
- Crabs - Spider
- Crabs - Brown
- Coley
- Cod - Skrei
- Cod
- Cockles
- Cobia
- Clams - Palourde
- Clams - Razor
- Brill
- Bream - Gilt Head
- Bream - Black
- Anchovies
- Alaska Pollock
Fish Used
- ChalkStream® trout
- Clams
- Cod
- coley
- Crab
- Devon Crab Meat
- Glitne halibut
- Haddock
- Hake
- Halibut
- King prawns
- Lobster
- mackerel
- monkfish
- mussels
- Oysters
- Plaice
- Prawn
- prawns
- Queen scallops
- salmon
- Sardines
- Scallops
- Sea bass
- seabass
- Skrei cod
- Swordfish
- trout
- White fish
