The king's fish, Moi, has a prevalent amount of information due to its importance and prevalence in Hawaiian fisheries. Due to its royal diners, much care was put into the raising of this fish during the rule of the Hawaiian Kingdom. (https://www.seafoodsource.com/seafood-handbook/finfish/moi)
As a species it is identified as pacific threadfin this species of fish may be related to bream as well. [Question: must confirm the link between the seabream fish and threadfin since snappers and false snappers are not normally interchangeable] Threadfin and seabream are fish found throughout the pacific. Known parasites of this fish are not transmitable to humans. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threadfin_bream) For other health benefits it boosts being low on the mercury count in comparison to other fish and falls under the category FDA says is acceptable for consumption by pregnant women and children since fish contain nutrients important for brain development as well as other critical roles in nutrition. Fish containing high levels of mercury are normally larger predatory fish that prey on other fish so this include popular fish like tuna but high mercury levels can be found in small fish like salmon or mackeral prompting a call for limiting portions of those fish. (https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/pregnancy-week-by-week/in-depth/pregnancy-and-fish/art-20044185.& https://www.babymed.com/food-and-nutrition/mercury-seafood) In the advent or commercial fishing threadfin stock cultures wild has gone down and only recently risen with regulations in place in the 1990s helping it bounce back. Thanks to the Hawaiian cultivation of the fish in sustainable ways it has been able to persist in the market place. Other cultures often looked at it differently due to its size even reducing its meat to paste to make imitation crab meat alongside polluck and other fish. Many species of animal that were eaten in Hawaiian culture were subject to kapu or forbidden times to pick them to give the land enough time to replenish for future generations. Moi was extra special since it was seen as its names suggests for kings so regular people were forbidden from eating it. As recent as 2017 Hawaii has banned fishing for moi during its spawning time of July to August to help give the fish time to replenish like during the kapu times. Still for the possibility of eating it as a species at a young year old fish to an older larger fish may give it some seasonal flair alongside its great taste that has been treasured in hawaii for many years. Raising the fish normally found in coastal waters in the fish ponds in Hawaii has been done throughout the years of the Hawaiian Kingdom. In recent sustainable fisheries in Hawaii has been able to keep the fish around. Much of the work went into the construction of fish ponds along coast and the inclusion of the king's fish in recent times as a continued viable species in sustainable fisheries is a promising sign not just for the continuity of cultural traditions in land care but for sustainability as a delectable species for all. Perhaps Moi may be just as delicious when served as sashimi or even as sushi like how seabream is treated in sushi. Other high end diners may try it in the form of sushi like kasai as it is a young fish or tai or madai. (https://www.thesushigeek.com/the-sushi-geek/2016/03/08/kasugo-%E6%98%A5%E5%AD%90%E9%AF%9B-young-sea-bream)
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