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Hoki is a type of fish in the hake family, found off the coasts of New Zealand and Australia. The
fish are known by a number of other names, including blue grenadiers, blue hake, whiptails,
whiptail hake, and New Zealand whiting. The fish have dense white flesh that is rich in omega-3
acids, making it a good dietary choice. Studies have also suggested that this type of fish is a
reasonably environmentally sustainable choice for consumers who are concerned about fishery
management.
The fish tend to live in the middle depths of the water, and they feed on small crustaceans.
Larger fish species as well as humans find hoki quite acceptable food, but the fish reproduce in
large numbers, so the population stays relatively stable. They also mature very rapidly, growing
to a size of up to 47 inches (120 centimeters). These factors were considered when the hoki
fishery was evaluated for sustainability, along with other issues like fishing techniques and
accepted practices on fishing boats.
In appearance, the fish have long wedge shaped bodies that become narrower at the tail, with
slim fins and a blue-green to silver color pattern. Their eyes are quite large, and the fish also
have the classic protruding jaw associated with many hake and cod. The large eyes make the fish
appear perpetually startled, and they are probably quite useful in the murky waters that the fish
favor. The scientific name for the fish is Macruronus novazelandiae.
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In New Zealand, hoki comprise the largest commercial fish species. Because of the high volume
of catch, the fishery is closely monitored to ensure that the fish are not being excessively
exploited. Although the population appears to be stable, some concerns have been raised about
bycatch and dumping related to the industry. By aggressively managing the fishery, the New
Zealand government hopes to keep them sustainable and economically viable, though several
international agencies have raised concerns about hoki's sustainability.
This fish is typically available frozen, as it does not keep well otherwise. It can be used in
cooking just like hake or cod would be. The dense flesh holds up very well to saute and grilling,
and it may also be baked or steamed. The flavor is mild and slightly sweet and will pair well with
a wide assortment of sauces and vegetables.
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Discuss this Article
God is not Austin, Christian or a Jew. God is non denominational. Do you think
God involves himself on the petty human disputes as here on earth? Religions are a
human construct -- all of them
anon318949
Post 60 Eat what you like. It doesn't make any difference and if you follow closely the
teachings of a religion to the point of rejecting certain foods because you think it
stops you from getting to heaven, then you're not living your life. You're simply
waiting to die. --Martin R.
@WilliB: "Who gets to decide which God is right?" You do, actually. It's up to you
to decide. but the preceding step is probably something along the lines of why
should you care if there is a God or not.
The answer to that question is the same as if you sought to answer:
"Where did we come from and why?"
The Big Bang theory is progressing further and further but too many scientists
anon144200
avoid asking why it happened, and instead focus on how.
Post 58
We can trace back the big bang phenomenon as far as we can possibly imagine
however it still doesn't answer 'why'.
If I said "God did it" most people's first response is 'who made God then?' Perfectly
logical if you ignore God to be a being that has always existed. So where's the
middle of infinity?
People will bring up reasons to why they should not believe/do not have to believe

5. in a God such as "if God is such a loving God, why would he let xyz happen?"
I have never met a person who has asked this and sought out to answer it for
themselves. they only ask it to convince themselves in poor deductive logic that
they need not believe in any God.
I can't convince you that my God is the right God for the same reason that I can't
describe what red looks like to person who has never seen it before.
We are all after the same thing really: the truth about where we came from, why
and where we are going.
Essentially you only have two choices; to believe in something, or believe in
nothing (Nihilism).
Whoever does or does not eat kosher is not immortal or is not spared from aging or
anon132165
ailments so if you like something, eat it. but just do it in limits and you will die a
Post 57
peaceful death.
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@anon44805: Do you think the Hindu gods agree with your statement that cows are
WilliB "made of steak"?
Post 56
Who gets to decide which God is right?
Wow I just came to find out what Hoki was. I never knew people did or didn't eat
anon115686
skin or scale fish for religious reasons or otherwise. As a vegetarian I don't eat any
Post 55
of the things mentioned here - I'm so not used to be the uncomplicated one!
anon105862 @anon44812: here is your information from? Common tuna and salmon both have
Post 54 scales. There is a particular tuna called the dogtooth tuna which has no scales.
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anon96777 God does not make you do what he wants. people are grown and are able to make
Post 52 their on decisions, so leave God out of it.
To anon69728 who thinks he understands the atheist's thought process, you are
completely wrong. Unlike religious people, our beliefs are truly our own and not
influenced by others the way yours are. You are completely brainwashed by a cult
belief system with no basis in fact and you believe it simply because your parents,
anon87327
siblings and neighbors are all sheep and believe it, too.
Post 50
Secondly, your argument that atheists are stupid because all we have to do is be
religious all our lives and hedge our bets just in case we're wrong, then in heaven
we can say "whew, glad i covered my butt on that one!" How silly! Why don't you

6. believe unicorns created the universe then just in case?
Then when we die and the unicorn superbeings pierce you with their mighty horns
because you didn't believe I will laugh and say I told you so.
So get busy believing and following all the possible crazy crap out there that people
believe because you never know and you've got to cover all the possibilities just in
case. Have a fun life.
Thank you for the information i have been looking for other names for a few of my
anon82442
favorite fruits and vegetables since i moved from NZ to USA and had recently
Post 49
added hoki to the list since most of the time it's my favorite fish to fry.
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anon76977 I have always known that half the population were below average intelligence, but
Post 48 I'm astonished at the number of ignorant, religiously oriented comments here.
anon70345
Hoki has no scales because it resides in the sunless depths of the Pacific.
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There is more "nastiness" done in the name of religion than eating (goddess forbid)
anon69752 a "skin" fish. Those worried about kosher should keep in mind all the
Post 46 slaughterhouse mistreatment of animals, yes even in a kosher slaughterhouse. Eat
the damn fish and be happy you have food.
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Religion needs to die! Eat whatever you want. Just keep in mind the unhealthy
aspects of what you're eating, such as tuna with the high levels of mercury.
anon69734
Post 45
Personally, if you are religious, if a book written decades after this guy named Jesus
died makes you have to choose what foods to eat, you are all full of crap!
someone said..."Listening to this about bible, kosher, skin, scales etc. is another
reason to be an atheist!"
Interesting how many atheists base their beliefs on someone they never met. They
never met any of the people who claim something is true/not true according to
anon69728
God/the Bible and base their whole non-belief system on a fallible human.
Post 44
Christians base their belief system on an infallible God. (And some christians are
very fallible and that is why we need a savior who died on the cross to pay for our
sins!)
And if there is not a God, nor heaven/hell and we all go to the same nothingness

7. when we die, then what does it matter what you believe while alive?
Hitler and an innocent child dying at birth all go to the same nothingness. An
atheist cannot even say I told you so if he is right, but, if there is a God and heaven
and hell, then the Christian can say "I told ya so!", though not happily as it will be
too late for the atheist after death.
Hoki might be kosher. If it is like Mahi, then it is. Mature Mahi have no scales,
anon69647
however, they do when young. Rabbinical sources have therefore declared that
Post 43
Mahi is kosher.
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Hoki is Kosher. the full list of kosher fish can be found at the Kashrut authority
from Australia.
anon69536
Post 41
Hoki is Kosher. For a moment I started feeling guilty, because we consume a lot in
this household especially for gefilte fish. Cheers Raoul
anon69102
Of course Hoki is not kosher.
Post 40
Yes! God is interested in what we eat as well as what we drink or anything that we
do. 1Corinthians 10:31 says we should do it all for the glory of God.
anon67728 The Bible is specific as to what is we should eat
Post 37
(fins and scales). It hasn't changed. Peter's vision in Acts 10 was referring to people
not food. To the Atheist: Your beliefs, thoughts and feelings do not change God nor
His laws.
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anon66561
Glad to see everyone is so passionate about their diets!
Post 36
good riddance on whether the hoki fish can or cannot be eaten. so the saying goes,
you are what you eat. take for example catfish or shrimp who do not have fins and
scales but are bottom dwelling.
anon66419
i for one do not want to eat something that sits in mud (catfish) and eats poop,
Post 35
leftovers, and who knows what else (shrimp). if you think you can eat whatever you
want and don't go by whether a fish as fins and scales and a animal has a cloven
hoof and chews cud, then why not just eat people. people obviously don't have
fins/scales and don't have a cloven hoof/chew cud. and no, i am not a cannibal.
anon66404
Hoki is not kosher!
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Hoki is the fish McDonald's uses in their fish sandwiches!
Post 33
anon58283
i love fillet o fish so keep using that hoki!
Post 30
Hoki have scales for a while but lose them as they get older. So unless you actually
see the fish caught during the period it does have the scales then I'd say you
anon55974 probably better count it as a fish without scales just to feel assured.
Post 29
Since most people never see the fish caught, there's no way of knowing whether it
had already lost its scales or not before it was caught.
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anon46426 Listening to this about bible, kosher, skin, scales etc. is another reason to be an
Post 27 atheist!
kfish
Hoki is *not* kosher.
Post 24
anon44977
Is it a kosher fish or not? please say yes or no.
Post 23
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anon44965
This is all so stupid. We all have *way* too much time on our hands.
Post 22
In the New Covenant of grace, the Bible is far more concerned with how much we
eat than what we eat. Physical appetites are an analogy of our ability to control
anon44939 ourselves. If we are unable to control our eating habits, we are probably also unable
Post 21 to control other habits such as those of the mind (lust, covetousness, unrighteous
hatred/anger) and unable to keep our mouths from gossip or strife. We are not to let
our appetites control us; rather, we are to control them.
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Hoki is Hake and must (Like almost all fish ) be inspected for black parasite
infection. Other than that they are checked two times before they are available Yes
anon44896
they are a scaley skin fish but this means they are better eatin'. I help process the
Post 20
McDonalds fish along with millions of pounds of Hoki(Hake/ Whiting) for
America in Washinton. They even smell good before they are cooked. HAH
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9. Scale fish is safer than skin fish because the skin fish was created to be a scavenger
to clean the ocean. God is the creator and He knows what's the best for us. If you
are the creator of a machine that can be fueled by gasoline, is it okay if others put a
anon44841
diesel or different kind of fuel in it? if its fuel is gasoline then put gasoline, if its
Post 19
fuel is diesel then put diesel. God give us the scale fish not the skin fish. not
everything you can eat is food, you can eat rat killer bait but it can cause you to
poisoned.
Well, I am glad to have learned that Hoki reproduce in large numbers *and* mature
quickly. If a fishing moratorium were placed on this species, it would be short
lived. Unfortunately while the population regenerated (exponentially, mind you)
mass fishing for less regenerative species would be required.
anon44822
With regard to you devout/orthodox religious souls, let me say that while I
Post 18
commend your personal devotion, please refrain from using this forum as a tool to
propagate your personal opinion, and yes religion is a personal opinion/belief.
I hold my own beliefs, and will not look down on others because they don't *act*
according to my *opinion*.
anon44817 Is there something wrong with me if I think "skin fish" sounds like a euphemism for
Post 16 something else?
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i think that all you who are worried about skin fish or scale fish -- a fish is a fish.
look-- i live in southern louisiana and we eat both skin and scale. we eat red fish
anon44812 that is a scale fish and we eat cat fish that is a skin fish. this is to all of y'all who eat
Post 15 tuna --that is a skin fish -- or salmon or even ling -- they are all skin fish. so y'all
need to not worry. you won't get hurt if you eat a skin fish because 90 percent of the
fish you eat in restaurants is skin fish.
If God didn't want us to eat cows, He wouldn't have made them out of steak. If God
anon44805
didn't want us to eat hoki, He wouldn't have made them out of McDonald's Filet-O-
Post 14
Fish!
No one questions the wisdom of a parent when they tell their children to not touch
the hot stove yet we love to doubt the validity of God telling us that somethings are
harmful to us and we would be better off going without. There are poisonous
mushrooms that look similar to good ones yet the difference is life and death.
"Garbage in-garbage out" is universally acknowledged fact in regards to computers,
and "you are what you eat" is widely recognized as worthwhile wisdom for
anon44795
humans. Scavengers are the earth's wastebasket and sewer processing plants. I don't
Post 12
eat out of my sewer nor do I eat the animals that eat that stuff either. Cows have
like four stomachs while chickens have a gizzard. Some animals have healthier
menus and are healthier on the menu while the animals that God has declared
"clean" to eat invariably have biological features that aid in their being better for us.
God loves us and wants us to be happy; oddly enough He somehow thinks that we'd
be happier if we were healthier. What do you think?
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10. anon44794
Does the fish have scales?
Post 11
anon44789
This is the fish McDonalds uses! Yummy!
Post 10
with respect to anon40377's post, research shows fish with fins and scales are
generally safer for humans to eat; scavengers, etc. - not so safe. Many individuals
anon44784
make dietary decisions based on health and other factors - not because they're
Post 9
bound by anything; it's all about choice; and btw, taste is a matter of preference
whether kosher or not.
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The scaled or scaleless thing is strictly a religious thing imposed on people beliving
anon44778 in a certain religious faith. their loss. What is funny is all your McDonald's filet of
Post 8 fish sandwiches are made with hoki fish, so how many of these religious types have
eaten them?
A skin fish should not be eaten because the Lord said so. That's all I have, but it's
the most important (to me). He made us so He's the expert. Their meat must be not
anon44772
be able to process any toxic substances it eats. Like a chicken can eat almost
Post 7
anything and will filter it out before it hits the meat, a pig will eat a rat and three
hours later you can have it as ribs on your plate.
anon44771
Is this fish kosher or not?
Post 6
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Regarding the "skin fish" thing, I'm guessing anon11975 is concerned whether or
anon40377 not the fish is kosher. If it comes from the water and has fins and scales it's kosher,
Post 5 but if it doesn't have fins and scales it's not. Luckily for those of us not bound by
kosher restrictions, non-kosher can still be tasty.
I had smoked Hoki today for lunch.
anon38563
It was delicious. I was so intrigued that I Googled Hoki and ended up here.
Post 4
Why shouldnt skinned fish be eaten? I too am intrigued by the posting.
You say it is the same as a Blue Grenadier, but the shop where I bought BG last
anon36506
week had a different looking fillet in the next tray, called Hoki. The Hoki was
Post 3
thinner and had smaller "leaves" than the Blue G.
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anon25712
Why shouldn't skin fish should be eaten?
Post 2
It is very important to many that what a fish looks like should be stated. In other
anon11975 words, "is it a skin fish?" or does it have scales? (very important to those of us who
Post 1 do not eat skin fish) I believe "HOKI" is a skin fish and thus should not be eaten,
but it is not clearly stated whether it is or not. Thank you.
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