Mahi Mahi Kaena

Originally, these pelagic nomads were not particularly prized by the Hawaiians, being difficult to catch—their velocity in the water required lines and reels rather than nets. It was only when tourism came to the Islands in the ‘50s that haoles discovered and popularized mahi mahi. Today, unfortunately, almost none is caught fresh in island waters; most of the vast harvest is supplied, already frozen, by Taiwanese or Japanese fishing boats.

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