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Commonly caught fish in Hawaiian waters for poke, found at local seafood counters include (alternate Japanese names are indicated in parentheses): [1] [2] [3] ʻAhi pālaha: albacore tuna (tombo) ʻAhi: bigeye tuna (mebachi) ʻAhi: yellowfin tuna (kihada) Aku: skipjack tuna (katsuo) Aʻu: blue marlin (kajiki), striped marlin (nairagi ...
Most fish were cultivated in large fishponds or caught near shore in shallow waters and reefs. [10] Fishing and fish caught beyond the reef in the deep sea were reserved for chiefs according to the kapu system which regulated the way of life in Ancient Hawaii. [11] Poke began as cut-offs from catch to serve as a snack.
Lomi ʻōʻio is a raw fish dish in traditional Hawaiian cuisine using ʻōʻio (). [1] [2] [3] This dish is an heirloom recipe fairly unchanged since pre-contact Hawaii, and is a precursor or progenitor to the more well-known but en vogue poke seen today.
Native Hawaiian cuisine refers to the traditional Hawaiian foods that predate contact with Europeans and immigration from East and Southeast Asia. The cuisine consisted of a mix of indigenous plants and animals as well as plants and animals introduced by Polynesian voyagers, who became the Native Hawaiians.
According to the Hawaii Seafood Buyers Guide, yellowfin tuna is widely used in raw fish dishes, especially sashimi. This fish is also excellent for grilling. [3] Yellowfin is often served seared rare. Yellowfin buyers recognize two grades, "sashimi grade" and "other", although variation in the quality of "other" grades occurs.
Hawaiian cleaner wrasses working on gill area of dragon wrasse Novaculichthys taeniourus, on a reef in Hawaii Cleaner wrasses are the best-known of the cleaner fish . They live in a cleaning symbiosis with larger, often predatory, fish, grooming them and benefiting by consuming what they remove.
Fish sauce - including patis or nam pla; Fish paste - such as bagoong monamon; Shrimp paste - such as bagoong alamang or haam ha; Furikake "Hawaiian" chili pepper and "chili pepper water" Chili paste similar to sambal or sriracha; Chili powder like shichimi or gochugaru; Chili oil including chili crisp and layu; Curry (Japanese) powder or roux ...
The green damselfish (Abudefduf abdominalis), [3] also known as the Hawaiian sergeant major, is a non-migratory fish of the family Pomacentridae. This fish also goes by the name maomao [ 4 ] It occurs in the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands , Midway Island and Johnston Atoll . [ 1 ]