I know there is a lot of commercial fishing both sea bass and scup but i have only seen scup for sale a couple of times. Where are these fish sold? It it mostly exported out of state/country or am i just missing it? Also is it labeled as something else when it hits the stores? I bought scup one time to chunk with since i didnt have time to catch bait. It was actually right next to fresh butterfish at a shop in Worcester.

Sushi resteraunts love seabass. (Suzuki). Scup- thai and Vietnamese resteraunts it a lot. (I think)
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I've seen it for sale in several Portuguese fish markets.

MM is right ,most Portuguese markets have Scup .

But WTF does the rest go .. I think the limit is 10000 # a week & jumps to 15K & 20 K at times / & that,s per commercial fishing license :rolleyes:

Isn't scup called Silver perch now?
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I've seen it whole at Dave's Market before...

Listed as Porgy in many places.

I think I also heard it referred to as 'White Bass' ?

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I know the Chinese are very much into both BSB and scup. I do several charters a year with immigrants from Hong Kong who love to fill their coolers with scup.

I think I also heard it referred to as 'White Bass' ?

It's like calling a Seagull a Beach Chicken....
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Isn't scup called Silver perch now?
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silver nickels

The Greek folks luv them also

The majority is shipped down to the NY metro area.

I saw bsb for $35lb for fillet and $15lb last summer in NJ.
Crazy.
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eh pa scupmeengish

You would be surprised at how many restaurants offer whole fried scup as entrees. (varying ethnicity too)

Delicious deep fried with plantain chips, a few shots of Aguardiente and a couple beers.

In Rhode Island bsb are a mythological creature, with a crap limit of 1.

In Bassachusetts they're monstrous and theres a decent limit on them!

Skin um, bread um, pan fry um,,,, several times a season around here.

Jonserfish where u been?

I'm just pissed the rec season in mass is opening a week late. I had to cancel 2 sea bass trips because I didn't realize the delay.
On the plus side, it will be cranking on opening day.
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You would be surprised at how many restaurants offer whole fried scup as entrees. (varying ethnicity too)

Delicious deep fried with plantain chips, a few shots of Aguardiente and a couple beers.

In Rhode Island bsb are a mythological creature, with a crap limit of 1.

In Bassachusetts they're monstrous and theres a decent limit on them!

Stone acre Pantry in newport had it on special last year. Whole scup deep fried. It was rediculously good.

Fish markets here in new Haven have scup , bsb, and fluke all season long ....got to look in the smaller fish markets not the grocery stores
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Skin um, bread um, pan fry um,,,, several times a season around here.

Jonserfish where u been?
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Silver snapper is the name that dealers are trying to sell scup as now. Or at least there was talk of it.
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Front page of todays PRO-JO is a article about J/W kids in a competation to come up with SCUP dishes .
one of the bigger problems is the size & the time & effort it takes to scale them ..they sent them to some large companies that make automatic scalers & they found one that is being used for salmon that worked . they also were trying to come up with a more appealing name :claps:

I've seen 'em for sale at the Chinese stores on Washington Street in Boston a few times, usually for around $2 a pound. I've picked them up a few times, usually pretty decent eating, even when frozen.

You would be surprised at how many restaurants offer whole fried scup as entrees. (varying ethnicity too)

Delicious deep fried with plantain chips, a few shots of Aguardiente and a couple beers.

In Rhode Island bsb are a mythological creature, with a crap limit of 1.

In Bassachusetts they're monstrous and theres a decent limit on them!

in Maine the Black Sea Bass is the new scourge of the East
moving up there too eat every single lobster they have .

If I have get jumbos I make scup tacos really good pan fried with a spicey aoli
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I skin the big ones and pan fry,,,, good stuff :-)

I was talking to my buddy the other day about them. He saw BSB in a fish market in hartford for 20.00 a pound for fillets.

Scup whole 3.99 per pound Stop n Shop 9.27.2015

last Scup check was .49M , 60L & .80 for jo,s :fishin:

I skin the big ones and pan fry,,,, good stuff :-)
if'n they eat mostly lobsta ..... i would think :think:
they'd taste most excellent

I've seen it whole at Dave's Market before...

DITTO!!! They had then Saturday. $2.99 a pound

if'n they eat mostly lobsta ..... i would think :think:
they'd taste most excellent

Craig, it's the BSB eating the lobstahhh, and they eat good also