We were headed an hour northeast to the St . Johns River where we intended to do some mullet fishing.
Its warm water and grassy, muddy beaches were full of crabs, shrimp, sand sharks, tube worms, sand dollars, rays, jellyfish, squid, dolphin, mullet, umbrella fish, sea anemones, oysters, sea turtles and hundreds of species of birds my favorite being the sandpiper.
An intervention starting in 2012 aimed to address this gap by providing best management practice (BMP) training for pondbased tilapia monoculture and tilapia-mullet polyculture fish farmers.
A mullet is a fish, and when they catch them, they [makes cross-eyed face].
CORTEZ, Fla .— For centuries, fishermen here have netted mullet, an oily fish that retails for about $1 to $3 a pound and takes well to deep-frying or smoking.
Also included: Mark Duplass tells us that "people buy their way into award shows all the time," and Jacki Weaver reveals that she felt like a stunned mullet — a clubbed fish — as an Oscar nominee in 2011.
Our four courses kick off with petals of raw mullet, the pristine fish set among radish, fennel tops and an intriguing squid-ink crisp, all underpinned by smoked fennel mayonnaise.
A typical Vau preparation is rouget (red mullet, a Mediterranean fish) with Lyon sausage, arugula, garlic, lemon and olive oil; it would be right at home in Cannes, but it was delicious here.
Fifteen minutes later we were digging into Crusoe's Pot, the konoba's version of a Hvarska classic, the gregada, a garlicky white wine stew of fresh seafood (usually some mix of cod, sea bass, shrimp, mullet and scorpion fish) and potatoes.
