How to Use amberjack in a Sentence

amberjack

noun
  • Tunas that are well below the surface near the humps will hit the jigs, but so will amberjacks.
    Steve Waters, miamiherald, 14 June 2018
  • When Chris Taylor presses play, footage of blue wrasse and greater amberjack fills the screen.
    Carrie Arnold, National Geographic, 10 May 2019
  • Some of my favorites were the spicy tuna and amberjack as well as the yellowtail with yuzu pepper.
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • And the sliced amberjack, halibut and bigeye tuna in the chirashizushi was a glistening bed of flower petals.
    Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2020
  • The upshot: The window in which anglers can go out for red snapper, greater amberjack and triggerfish is likely to stay open for a while.
    al, 30 July 2021
  • Thick lozenges of amberjack are sprinkled with fried capers and cherry peppers, and a sluice of fruity olive oil brings the fish’s silkiness into focus.
    Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Most of the specimens are flown in whole from Japan; recent models have included amberjack, madai, triple tail and bonito.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Fisherman were known to catch silver-stripe round herring, Indian anchovy, greater amberjack and more, in hauls that could reach up to 1,300 pounds.
    Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Greater amberjack will be in season through Oct. 31, while gray triggerfish season runs through Dec. 31.
    al, 30 July 2021
  • The largest one holds the chirashi, a carpet of seasoned rice strewn with raw fish that on my visit featured lean bluefin (akama), toro, king salmon, amberjack (kanpachi), uni and ikura.
    Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 7 Sep. 2017
  • His signature quickly became the Duck Fat Poached Fish, which lends a layer of richness to firm fishes like swordfish and amberjack (the fish of choice varies with what’s available).
    al, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The offerings will include toro, sea bream, amberjack, yellowtail, ora and salmon.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • This includes the most relevant data for fisheries managers: the number of red snapper and greater amberjack harvested and released, and the type of habitat the fish were caught from.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Altogether, their six-fish haul of two amberjacks, two African pompano, a permit, and a cobia weighed roughly 300 pounds.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 6 June 2024
  • Diners can enjoy all kinds of tacos at Pujol, which serves scallop tacos with avocado, ginger and shiso, as well as squash blossom tacos with koshihikari rice and amberjack.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
  • Dishes are to share, change daily, and are displayed on a chalkboard and include Japanese amberjack fish with caviar infused with bergamote, Basque pork belly cooked for 36 hours served with parsnip and black garlic cream.
    Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The reef is already attracting reef-dependent fish, including red snapper and amberjack, a Shell news release states.
    Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Anglers landing greater amberjack or gray triggerfish are required to report their catches via the state’s Snapper Check system.
    al, 30 July 2021
  • The Back Porch takes pride in popularizing amberjack, a firm white fish seldom found on menus before the restaurant began featuring it in sandwiches.
    Coastal Living, Southern Living, 15 June 2023
  • Hamachi — Somebody cover Uncle Jimmy’s eyes because this sushi-grade fish — which also goes by yellowtail and Japanese amberjack — is not cheap.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
  • The bait attracts a variety of gamefish, including dolphin, wahoo, sailfish, amberjacks and sharks.
    Steve Waters, miamiherald, 14 June 2018
  • Maui is popular for both offshore trolling (blue and striped marlin, yellowfin tuna, wahoo, mahi mahi) and bottom fishing (snapper, amberjack, hogfish, goatfish and more).
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Other species removed from the overfishing list included stocks of sailfish, winter flounder and blue king crab, while other additions included stocks of greater amberjack, red grouper and red hake.
    Washington Post, 17 May 2018
  • Other species removed from the overfishing list included stocks of sailfish, winter flounder, and blue king crab, while other additions included stocks of greater amberjack, red grouper, and red hake.
    Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2018
  • For the Snow White, chunks of raw baby amberjack piled over disks of cucumbers are married to a clear, sharply acidic liquid with a whisper of truffle oil, an ingredient that too often overwhelms but here adds a judicious counterbalance.
    Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018
  • Anson, the chief biologist for the Marine Resources Division, indicated that good options for greater amberjack are scarce.
    al, 3 May 2022
  • Eels are go-to baits for stripers, but also extremely effective for many other species, including cobia, tarpon, various bottom fish, amberjack, and even billfish.
    Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
  • On a recent visit, diners were offered buri (Japanese amberjack), ankimo (monkfish liver), kegani (horsehair crab), shirako (cod milt), and sayori (Japanese halfbeak).
    William Li, Town & Country, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Categories include red snapper, grouper, mangrove snapper, cobia, amberjack, sheepshead and miscellaneous.
    Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 16 May 2017

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