They tend to buy fillets or steaks. Kakutani says that means Americans haven't tried a lot of fish that taste best cooked whole, like branzino,sea bream, striped bass and mackerel.
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Albacore tuna is higher in mercury than canned light tuna because canned tuna is largely younger, smaller fish that haven't absorbed as much mercury.
"You never know when you are going to sight a fish you haven't seen before, " said Peter Leahy, an amatuer diver who has been participating in the fish count for the last seven years.