An Inside Look at Exciting New Products, Market Trends & Availability
Dive into the Open Blue
Open Blue Cobia took top honors at this year's Seafood Expo in Boston, receiving the 'Best New Foodservice Product Award' for its frozen Open Blue Cobia fillet. The sashimi grade product wowed a judging panel of industry experts for its taste, uniqueness, convenience, nutritional value and for its market potential. Often a popular recreational fish on the southeast coast of the U.S., Cobia is making headway on chef's menus everywhere.  Open Blue has created a protected no take zone that consists of 2,500 acres of water concessions privately managed, where artisanal fishing is allowed and the area is free of commercial fishing. These open ocean pens are 9 miles off the coast of Panama where the tides constantly replenish the giant pens the Cobia call home. If you are seeking a menu alternative for Mahi Mahi, or Chilean Sea Bass, Open Blue Cobia excels, offering flexibility for a raw or cooked dish, consistent quality year-round and price stability. Good news for all Samuels customers, Cobia will be on sale throughout May! You can order whole fresh, headed and gutted 6-8 lb fish for $7.99 and fresh skin on loins for just $11.49/lb.

Crawling with Fresh Crabmeat
Fresh domestic Crabmeat is booming right now!  Samuels has longtime, close ties with Crabbers in Alabama and Maryland.  Currently, Crabbers are catching heavy Crabs, bringing them directly to their picking quarters and sending fresh Crabmeat to Samuels.  Right now, the best Crabmeat in the country is coming from two areas, Alabama and Maryland.  Alabama meat is 100% fresh and the Maryland meat is 100% fresh as well with the bonus of being steamed, to keep that great flavor.  Fresh Crabmeat is a great option during a period where pasteurized Crabmeat is both costly and limited in availability.  Producers overseas in areas such as Indonesia are having a difficult time currently keeping up with demand.  With a great availability, give fresh Crabmeat a try for the ultimate crabcake.   

This Week's Fish
Various east coast states are busy at sea catching beautiful Black Sea Bass and Fluke including North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and Rhode Island.  All sizes are available and the quality will definitely make your cut. In fact, we're excited for potted Black Bass coming from Virginia soon.  Potted fish are special quality as they are caught and handled with extra care.  We're also approaching a high time of year for Squid as they are making their way closer to shore in areas such as Vineyard Sound off the Rhode Island coast.  We've proudly been bringing in jumbo Wild Striped Bass with fish reaching up to 40 lbs caught off Maryland.  Many Maryland fishermen are beginning to reach their quota, so Striper may become limited this week.  Your sales rep will have the latest information.  Spanish Mackerel have been limited lately due to windy weather off the coast of Florida and this remains the case. Hopefully the weather and catch will soon improve.  Speaking of down south, American and imported Snapper are available and we're also reeling in big Swordfish from Florida as well as Hawaii.   

Oyster Improvements
We welcome our newcomers to the Samuels Oyster menu.  From Savage Harbor Bay, PEI, we present Savage Blonde Oysters.  With a briny, full ocean flavor, Savage Blondes are harvested in floating bags that give the Oyster a perfect thick shell and consistent size.  Grown in Crowe's Pasture Beach in Massachusetts comes Moon Rise Oysters. Moon Rise Oysters also boast a great ocean flavor with an additional sweet taste as a result of growing in 12 foot tides.  Popular Blue Point Oysters are still very limited, however, more harvesting areas are opening up and conditions are improving.  We also expect Cape May Salt availability to improve within the next few weeks as well.  And more good news, Raspberry Point Oysters are back in season and so are Rocky Shore and Malpeques!  If you're looking for a great Oyster special, one of our favorites, Choptank Sweets from Maryland are on sale in May for .65/each for Samuels customers.

A View of an Open Blue Cobia Ecosystem
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