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Mainland ban makes marlin budget-friendly New Year alternative

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Video by Cindy Ellen Russell / crussell@staradvertiser.com
Lean and clean-tasting, fresh marlin is a delicious fish caught in local waters. A recent ban on selling marlin on the mainland makes the fish a budget-friendly option for the New Year sashimi platter.
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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

Tamashiro Market’s Guy Tamashiro shows a freshly made sashimi platter of two varieties of marlin. The pink meat is nairagi (striped marlin) and the lighter slices are kajiki (Pacific blue marlin).

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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

A 140-pound kajiki, or Pacific blue marlin, above, is divided into sections and prepped to be cut into fillets at Tamashiro Market.

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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

Tamashiro Market butcher Frank Eugenio halves a Nairagi or Striped Marlin.