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Fresh Black Cod (Sablefish) is a richly flavored fish with a high oil content and satiny texture.  Chefs-Resources' Black Cod page shows when fresh Black Cod 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 Black Cod nutrition table, the Flavor Scale, and links for further Sablefish research.

Black Cod (Sablefish) Flavor Profile

Due to its high fat content Sablefish has a velvety texture (hence the name "Butterfish") with a mild but distinctive flavor profile.  The flesh is white with large, delicate flakes. 

Alternate Names

Butterfish, Black Cod, Blackcod, Coalfish, Alaska Cod, Skilfish, Sable

Black Cod (Anoplopoma fimbria) Description

Sablefish have black skin and average about 8-10 Lbs but can be up to 40 Lbs.  Although they are sometimes called Black Cod, they are not a part of the Cod species.
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Fresh Black Cod (Sablefish) 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. 

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Black Cod Yield Percentage and Recovery

Item To Skn/On Fillets To Skn/Off Fillets Notes
Whole Head/On gutted      
Whole Head/Off gutted  59% 48%  
Skin/On Fillets --  80%   
For detailed butchering yield % and recovery see Black Cod Yield Percentage 

 

 

Range & Habitat

 Sablefish are found from southern California to the Bering Sea in the Eastern Pacific, and from Kamchatka, Russia to southern Japan in the Western Pacific.  It dwells in muddy areas of the ocean floor at depths of 1000-9000 feet deep.

Black Cod Range & Location
AquaMaps    Data sources: GBIF OBIS

Typical Wholesale Products

 H&G, Fillets, Steaks

Black Cod Recipes

Visit our recipe database page and search our favorite seafood recipe sites. 

 

Black Cod Nutritional Information

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

* Calories/Calories from fat 334
* Protein grams  23
* Fat grams  26.2
* Saturated fat grams  5.5
* Sodium milligrams  96
* Cholesterol milligrams  84
* Omega-3 grams  2.7
more Black Cod nutrition info
 

 

Additional Resources:
National Marine Fisheries Service Seafood Watch  
     

 

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DAVID BUCHANAN    [ Sep 18, 2009 ]

Verify availability.  Another souce states Jan-Sept.