| The black sea bass is a mild tasting
fish with firm flesh that supports a small yet significant commercial fishery
in New Jersey. Most often taken commercially in fish traps similar to lobster
pots or with otter trawals, they are usually marketed as a whole, fresh
product.
Black sea bass have a range that extends from New England to Florida
but they are most concentrated off Long Island and New Jersey. They can
weigh upwards of five pounds but are most commonly available in the one
to two pound range.
Primarily bottom dwellers, they are fond of frequenting wrecks and other
underseea structures. They migrate to deeper offshore waters in the autumn
and return to the shallower waters as they warm in the spring. |
