What you need to know when buying fish, with Roger Berkowitz

About this episode

Ian interviews Roger Berkowitz about the complexities of buying fish.

Buying fish can be a puzzling process. It comes frozen and fresh, wild and farmed, from many different countries, and with all kinds of ratings and labels. So what does it all mean? For this bonus episode to “Catching The Codfather,” Ian sits down with a legend of New England seafood, Roger Berkowitz, to talk about his life in fish buying and what he’s learned along the way. Major sponsorship for “Catching The Codfather” is provided by Roger’s Fish Co.

People in this episode

Host: Ian

Guest: Roger Berkowitz

Topics covered

• fish buying
• seafood
• New England
• frozen fish
• fresh fish
• wild fish
• farmed fish

Keywords

• buying fish
• seafood industry
• fish ratings
• fish labels
• wild vs farmed

Sponsors

Roger’s Fish Co.

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