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Chilean Sea Bass
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Chilean Sea Bass is a wonderfully flavored fish with a high oil content which keeps it moist during cooking.   Chefs-Resources' Chilean Sea Bass page shows when Chilean Sea Bass is available, what it’s flavor profile and taste is like, the butchering yield % so you can determine your yield percentage for plate costing purposes.  You’ll also find a Chilean Sea Bass nutrition table, the Flavor Scale, and links for further Chilean Sea Bass research.

Chilean Sea Bass Flavor Profile

 Chilean Sea Bass has a high fat content which gives it a rich, moist, tender flavor profile which melts in your mouth.  It has white flesh with large, tender flakes. 

Alternate Names

 Antarctic Cod, Icefish, Patagonian Toothfish

Chilean Sea Bass Description (Dissostichus eleginoides)

Chilean Sea Bass are actually Patagonian Toothfish and not a true bass.  The average commercial market size is about 20-40 lbs but they can weigh up to 200 lbs.  Almost all Chilean Sea Bass is frozen at sea and is almost never available fresh.  But these flash frozen fish are very high quality.		  Chilean Sea Bass
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Typical Wholesale Products

 H&G, Loins, skinless Fillets

Fresh Chilean Sea Bass Availability

Fresh seafood availability chart: green areas show peak availability, light green show limited availability, gray indicates not available fresh.  Frozen available all year long.  Chilean Sea Bass is rarely available fresh, but high quality flash frozen product is available all year long.

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Chilean Sea Bass Yield Factors, Yield % and Recovery

Item To Skn/On Fillets To Skn/Off Fillets Notes
Whole Head/On gutted      
Whole Head/Off gutted 68% 54%  
Skin/On Fillets --    

 

Range & Habitat

 Chilean Sea Bass are caught in both the eastern & western waters of southern South America and southern South Africa.  They dwell at depths of between 5,000 - 6,000 feet deep and are caught by longliners.

Chilean Sea Bass Range & Location
AquaMaps     Data sources: GBIF OBIS 

 

Chilean Sea Bass Recipes

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Chilean Sea Bass Sustainability Info

This window is a link to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program info on Chilean Sea Bass.

 

Chilean Sea Bass Nutritional Information

based upon a 6 oz (171 grams) raw edible serving

* Calories/Calories from fat 315
* Protein grams 22.6
* Fat grams 24.3
* Saturated fat grams 5.5
* Sodium milligrams 96
* Cholesterol milligrams 84
* Omega-3 grams 2.2
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