Better than salmon – Buy this fish now

Salmon has long been a favorite fish of Finns. Joel Maisalmi

The wild fish season is at its most versatile in May.

In its announcement, Pro Kala ry says that customers now have a choice: from the fish counters, you can often get perch, pike, pike and herring better than, for example, in midsummer.

Fish master at K-Citymarket Sello in Espoo Kimmo Pauna says in the announcement that the most sold fish in the beginning of May have been pike perch and perch.

– But our customers buy a really versatile variety of fish. We have a lot of international customers, and they often choose bream and roach, for example, because they know how to handle whole fish and are not afraid of reeds.

– Finns, on the other hand, often shun reeds and therefore prefer filleted fish, Pauna adds.

It is recommended to eat fish at least twice a week due to its health benefits. Fish are a good source of protein and they provide, among other things, vitamin D and iodine.

Fish have their own seasons, and the most different fish are in season in May. Seasons apply to caught fish, while farmed fish is available year-round.

According to Pro Kala ry’s seasonal calendar, the fish caught in May are at least perch, pike, zander, bream, salmon, whitefish, herring, roach, trout and cod.

Harvest season calendar according to, in May-June, there is also, for example, nieri, which belongs to salmon fish, in season. You can get farmed monkfish all year round, and there are monkfish in restaurants and fish counters WWF’s fish guide including farmed fish almost without exception.

– In Lapland, you may sometimes be offered wild bream from Lake Inarijärvi. There is no need to refuse it for reasons of environmental protection, even though the nieri has suffered from the regulation of Lake Inarijärvi and global warming threatens the species that depends on cool and oxygenated water, the fish guide says.

On the other hand, the Saimaa monkfish living in the deep waters of Kuolimojärvi and Saimaa is extremely endangered.

Nieri, also known as raut, is a highly valued and, in the opinion of many, even tastier than traditional salmon, a salmon fish with reddish and fatty meat. I told you about the excellence of Nieriä earlier MTV News.

According to the harvest season calendar, it is suitable, for example, for carving and frying in the oven or pan.

You can put the turbot fillet in the oven, for example, in a smoking bag, which easily creates a smoky taste in the fish.

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