sablefish

American  

[sey-buhl-fish] / ˈseɪ bəlˌfɪʃ /

noun

plural

sablefish,

plural

sablefishes

1. a large, blackish food fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, inhabiting waters of the North Pacific Ocean.

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Etymology

Origin of sablefish

First recorded in 1800–10; sable + fish

Example Sentences

This includes salmon as well as mackerel, trout, herring, sablefish/black cod, sardines, bluefin tuna, whitefish and striped bass.

From Seattle Times

Sablefish longliners have tried many tactics to fend them off, including blasting heavy metal music from the decks.

From Seattle Times

Commercial aquaculture proponents are already contesting the ban, and continuing to push projects like a pilot for farming sablefish in Puget Sound.

From Seattle Times

As far as the fish, if you go to a Nobu or something like that where the original miso cod was or sablefish was introduced, I wanted to have something that I think that the home cook could actually execute very easily that has good flavors, a very simple recipe, a matter just mixing up some miso and honey, a little sake, season it up, and let the fish marinate in that.

From Salon

In the lawsuit filed last year, the Center for Biological Diversity alleged the agency failed to establish a plan to protect the whales from deadly entanglements in sablefish pot gear.

From Seattle Times