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The hoki has a long, narrow body tapering toward the tip of the tail. While the first ventral and dorsal fin are separate, the remaining fins run continuously up to the tail point and cover more than two thirds of the fish. The dorsal colour is blue green and shimmers blue-silver. It also has large scales.
Hoki live in shoals and feed on small fish, such as sardines, crabs and cuttlefish. It is also known as blue grenadier, blue hake, whiptail, whiptail hake, and New Zealand whiting.
It can reach a length of up to 1.20 m, a weight of up to 6 kg and can live for a maximum of 25 years. During the spawning season, from late June to late September, the females lay several million eggs. In contrast to most deep sea fish the hoki grows very quickly and has already reached its sexual maturity at three or four years.
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Occurrence |
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Occurrence
The southern hemisphere is the home of the hoki fish, mainly around New Zealand, Australia, the coast of Patagonia and near the deep-sea trenches around Japan.. While the young tend to live at depths of 200-600 metres, the adults can be found close to the bed at a depth of up to 5,000 metres.
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Fishing methods
The hoki is fished all year round with floating and bottom trawls at depths of 400 to 1,000 metres. The main catch areas are the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand, the Cook Strait and the Chatham Rise to the east of New Zealand.
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Taste |
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Taste
The meat of the fish is tender, white and very tasty. It is often used raw for sushi. In Germany it is mostly distributed in the form of frozen fillets.
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