What Are Otoliths?

Who knew that such tiny fish ear bones, also known as otoliths, are like tree rings for the ocean. They consist of a layer of calcium carbonate laid down each year offers a snapshot of both the fish's yearly growth and its surrounding ocean conditions. According to the Seattle Times, "A tiny white sliver inside the heads of fish could hold evidence of a century's worth of humans wrecking the environment: atomic bombs, overfishing, even climate change. " Maybe this can help us find a way to keep our oceans healthy for many years to come.

Photo Credit: Tennesee Wildlife Resources Agency

We Can Export To Asia

Cal Fish Exports exports full container loads of seafood products to China, Japan, Thailand, as well as other countries throughout Asia.  If you are interested in shipping seafood to Asia, please contact sales@calfishexports.com for more price quotes and more information on the products that we have to offer.  

Shark Week Is Here!

It is that great time of year when the Discovery Channel shows 24 hours of nothing but Sharks! Check out some cool facts about sharks below, curtosey of Discovery Channel.

"Tiger, great white, and bull sharks perpetrate most attacks on humans. They hunt human-sized prey and are capable of inflicting fatal bites"

"A great white shark rolls its eyes into the back of its head when it attacks to protect its eyes from debris and the thrashing of its prey"

"Blue sharks are among the most threatened shark species in the world. Overfishing and trade in fins have caused the population to decline"

"Galeophobia is the excessive fear of sharks. It comes from the Greek word "galeos", which was a particular type of shark #sharkweek"

Check out more at The Discovery Channel

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California Squid (Loligo Opalescens) is in stock!

Cal Fish Exports currently has California Squid (Loligo opalescens) suitable for bait or aquaculture feed in stock. The squid is packed in 45 pound nude blocks, and the bag that you see in the photo has been removed from each block.

Contact sales@calfishexports.com for more photos and pricing information.

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Get to know... Red Snapper

Red Snapper is typically found throughout the Gulf of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula in waters ranging from 33 feet to 623 feet. Red snappers are caught more frequently in shallower offshore waters in the cooler months than in the warmer months depending on location.

They have a reddish pink hue and like to stay near any sort of bottom relief or obstruction such as reefs, rocks, ledges, etc. They are considered reef fish but a red snappers diet is usually a thing that lives on a muddy bottom. A Red Snapper's most important foods are pipefish, snake eel, sea robins, pinfish, striped anchovies, seas eel, and pigfish. 

 

Photo Credit: Salt Water Sportsman

FDA Adds New Rules For Importing

The FDA has implemented two new rules when importing food and now requires companies to audit their foreign suppliers. The two new rules require American importers to verify that their foreign suppliers are using “modern prevention-oriented food safety practices” and “achieving the same level of food safety as domestic growers and processors.”

Read the whole story here 

Did you know...

That whales love to sing? They use this to call mates and a way to communicate. They tend to get bored after a period of time and start singing a different tune. Whales are pretty amazing creatures. 

 Photo Credit: onpoint.wbur.org

We have Pacific Mackerel in stock

Cal Fish Exports has Pacific Mackerel in stock!  This product is best suited for bait.  Here are the other details:

200-500 grams

Packed in 15 kilo cartons

40,000 pounds available

FOB San Diego, CA, USA

We're offering this product at a great price.  Contact sales@calfishexports.com for more information and additional photos.

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Ensuring the safety of our seafood by analyzing DNA

Monterey Bay Aquarium is constantly finding new ways to sustain our fish, keep our oceans clean and now coming up with a way to protect the seafood that we consume.  An Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) will be used to identify harmful bacterias and algae in seawater by analyzing their DNA.

Read the whole story at FIS.com

Dolphins are such clever creatures

We all know Dolphins are intelligent creatures and this video proves that they are even more resilient than meets the eye. Check out the video below! 

Watch: Clever Dolphins

Photo Credit: Discovery News