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Old 07-15-2024, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
As I understand it, almost all shrimp is frozen immediately after it is caught. It is virtually impossible to buy fresh, never frozen shrimp, except off of the boat. When buying shrimp in the grocery store, you should buy it frozen, and thaw it yourself. It is better than the previously frozen shrimp sold by the store in their seafood case. Publix sells never frozen fish, but they never claim to sell "fresh" shrimp.
Brother in law was in the wholesale fish business. Other than a fishing boat out for the day and selling immediately on its return, there is almost no such thing as fresh fish anymore.

Boats stay out for days or more at a time and immediately freeze and often filet their catch.

What we get can be called fresh frozen. The one major exception I can think of is farm raised fish.