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it with you when you buy seafood.
Amount of Fish and Shellfish to Buy per Person
Whole fish
¾ pound or 340 g
Dressed fish, bone in
½ pound or 225 g
Fillet
Steak
¼ to 1/3 pound or 115 to 150 g
1/3 to ½ pound or 150 to 225 g
6-8 shells
1 to 1¼ pound or 450 to 570 g
1¼ to 2 pounds or 570 to 900 g
1 to 1¼ pound or 450 to 570 g
6 to 9 shells
Clams, mussels, live
Crab with shell
Crayfish with shell
Lobster, live
Oyster, live
Oyster, shucked
Scallops
Shrimp in shell
6 to 8 fluid ounces (190-240 ml)
¼ to 1/3 pound or 115 to 150 g
1/3 to ½ pound or 150 to 225 g
¼ to 1/3 pound or 115 to 150 g
Shrimp, peeled
Edible Yields of Fish
Whole fish
45%
Dressed fish (gutted, with
fins and scales removed)
Fish steaks
67%
84%
Fish fillets
100%
TASTINGS What will it cost?
Is it more cost effective to purchase a whole fish and cut it up yourself or to buy
cut-up pieces? Use these formulas to convert the price per pound or gram of
whole fish to the price per pound or gram of edible meat.
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For whole fish, multiply the price per pound or gram by 3 to arrive at the
price per pound or gram of edible meat.
For dressed whole fish, multiply the price per pound or gram by 2.5 to
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arrive at the price per pound or gram of edible meat.
For example, if dressed whole fish costs $3.00 a pound, multiply it by 2.5. The
edible meat will cost you $7.50 a pound.
Is fresh or frozen better?
If you can find a good source for fresh seafood, count your blessings and visit it
frequently. If you are not that lucky, frozen is always a better bet than either fresh seafood that
may have been sitting out too long or, worse yet, "fresh" that has been frozen or defrosted
improperly. You cannot rely on labels here either because of lack of regulations and
enforcement. U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations require fish labeled fresh frozen to
be frozen quickly after harvest. But fresh frozen may also mean that the fish was fresh when it
was frozen. Fresh may or may not mean that it has ever been frozen. Blast or flash-frozen means
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