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Seafood Yield % 

When your cooks butcher seafood these are achievable seafood yield factor standards. 

Notes:

  • H/G is Head-Off and gutted
  • H/On is Head-On
  • H/Off is Head-Off
  • All H/On and H/Off fish are Dressed (gutted)
  • Skn/on Untrm = skin-on untrimmed, meaning the bloodline is in (used for Loins)
  • Skn/on Trim = skin-on, excess waste is trimmed including about 95% of the bloodline
    • Mahi Mahi still includes the bloodline in the Skn/on Trim category
  • Skn/on C/C = Skin-on center cut

See Recoveries & Yields for a detailed listing of Pacific Northwest Seafood recoveries and yield percentages. 

 

 

Fresh Seafood Yield Factors - Loins

Item Skn/on Untrm Skn/on Trim Skn/off Trim Skn/on C/C Skn/off C/C
           
           
Kajiki, Top Back Loin  -- 92% 85%    
Mahi Mahi Flt S/A  -- 95% 85%    
Mahi Mahi H/G  70% 70% 64%    
Marlin H/G 70% 67% 60% 60% 53%
Marlin Untrim Loin  -- 92% 85% 85% 75%
Ono H/G 74% 69% 60%    
Ono Loin Untrim  --  95% 85%    
Shark Black Thresher Bullet  --  63% 57%   50%
Shark Black Tip H/G  --   74%   68%
Sturgeon Bullet 95% 72% 65%    
Swordfish H/G 78% 72% 64% 64% 56%
Swordfish Untrim Loin  -- 90% 85% 85% 75%
Tuna Albacore (Tombo) H/G  70% 64% 53%    
Tuna Albacore (Tombo) Untrim Loin  -- 90% 85%    
Tuna Yellowfin H/G 69% 65% 55% 55% 50%
Tuna Yellowfin Untrim Loin -- 90% 85% 85% 75%
           
           
           
           

 

 

 

Fresh Seafood Yield Factors - Fillets

Item To Skn/on Fillets To Skn/off Fillets Notes
Amberjack H/On 63% 54%  
Amberjack H/Off 74% 62%  
Arctic Char H/On 65% 59%  
Barracuda H/On 61%    
Bass Chilean H/G 75% 68%  
Bass Striped H/On      
Black Cod H/Off 59% 48%  
Catfish - drawn      
Cod H/On 55% 48%  
Cod H/Off 71% 62%  
Drum Fish H/On   33%  
Escolar H/G 75% 70%  
Grouper H/On   35%  
Halibut 10/20 H/G 65% 59%  
Halibut 20/40,  40/60 H/G 66% 60%  
Hiramasa H/On 63% 54% Western Fillet
Hiramasa H/Off 74% 62% Western Fillet
Hiramasa H/On 74%   Japanese Fillet
Hiramasa H/Off 87%   Japanese Fillet
Lingcod H/On   39%  
Lingcod H/Off   49%  
Mahi Mahi Flt S/A 95% 85%  
Steelhead Wild H/on  69% 62%  
Steelhead Wild H/off 66% 60%  
Steelhead Farmed H/on 70% 63%  
Tilapia   30% - 37%  
       
       
       
       

 

*Japanese Fillet includes collar and ribs

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DAVID BUCHANAN    [ May 13, 2012 ]

Thanks Ron!  Always appreciate getting fish yields.  It is so hard to find yields for fish.

RON CALONICA [24.130.224.172]    [ May 13, 2012 ]

Tilapia fillet yields= boneless (PBO) fillets: 30-37%, depending on fillet size and final trim

MAGICOFSPICE    [ Aug 12, 2010 ]

Great job, this grid is amazing...everything all in one place.