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Beche De Mer
(Sea Cucumber)

Also known as Saddled Cod.

The juvenile Bar Cod (above pictured) are mottled grey with six vivid vertical bands of darker tones.  When fully grown they are dark grey, the bands having faded out except for a patch on the upper surface of the butt of the tail  It's a bulky, thick-bodied fish with a large mouth.

They can grow to 45kg, but only the smaller fish (to about 4kg) are good eating.   The larger fish's flesh is very coarse. 

They frequent offshore reefs both inshore and offshore and are occasionally found in estuaries.

Good bait for Bar Cod are cunjevoi or fish fillet.

Other Bar Cod & Reef Cod Links:

Recipes for Cod from How To Cook Fish

Exporters of Reef Cod
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Seafood Agents for Reef Cod

Angling for Bar Cod:

Live baits should be your first choice if specifically targeting Cod on bait, they will eat anything but the usual baits of Mullet, Herring and Pike are all good for inshore with yellowtail, slimey mackerel and small but legal reef species for offshore. Any lure is acceptable for Cod so long as it’s tough and fished at the right depth in the right area.

Soft plastics are well worth a drop to the bottom. The bar cod seem to eat them fairly aggressively if they are there in numbers.

80kg Bar Cod
Commercial Fishing Supplies

Cooking Bar Cod:

Popular for their low oiliness and juicy, thick flakes, rockcods are worth experimenting with for hearty menu items. They are especially good fried, barbecued or steamed as fillets or steaks. Grilled rockcod steaks are excellent served with pepperonata or tapenade.

Rockcods are medium-priced finfish. Larger rockcods command higher prices.

Recovery Rate
Fillets: 47% from whole rockcod (gilled and gutted)

Microwave Cooking Times for Fish
- Fish fillets – 5 minutes per 500g on medium-high, +50 seconds more for thicker fillets, or until flesh flakes
- Whole fish - Large – 6 minutes/750g on medium
- Whole fish – Small – 3-4 minutes on medium

Panko Crusted Cod	Cod Florentine	Spanish Salt Cod Fritters	Wild Alaska Tamarind Cod

Commercial Fishing for Bar Cod:

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