{"id":470512,"date":"2025-08-11T14:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/?page_id=470512"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:20:14","slug":"the-fish","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/the-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Opah – The Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A cold-water fish with a warm heart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Opah are beautiful fish about the size of a car tire, also known as moonfish. Averaging around 100 pounds and 3 feet long when they land at the docks, these fish are silver with pink scales, white spots, red mouths and fins, and large, gold-rimmed eyes.

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Opah are the first fish discovered to have a warm heart<\/a>, meaning they can circulate heated blood throughout their body. This physiological adaptation and their habit of using their pectoral fins to swim rather than their tail is linked to a culinary distinction \u2013 creating one fish with many types of meat. Opah have seven distinct cuts that range from sashimi-quality top loin to dark, lean flanks that could pass for beef or pork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shop opah cuts at Catalina Offshore Products<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Massive Opah breakdown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Meet Tommy Gomes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously with Catalina Offshore Products, Tommy Gomes, aka, Tommy the Fishmonger\u00ae is a culinary coach and advocate for local and sustainable seafood. His pioneering approach to Pacific opah, as illustrated in the video above, opened a culinary market for several edible parts of the fish that are typically discarded. This played a key role in Catalina Offshore\u2019s work with NOAA fisheries in broadening the appeal of opah, reducing waste and increasing the value of San Diego fisheries.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Fish<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Food<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Fishery<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A cold-water fish with a warm heart Opah are beautiful fish about the size of a car tire, also known as moonfish. Averaging around 100 pounds and 3 feet long when they land at the docks, these fish are silver with pink scales, white spots, red mouths and fins, and large, gold-rimmed eyes. Opah are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15442,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-470512","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/470512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470512"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/470512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470694,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/470512\/revisions\/470694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}