Most parrot fish are sold whole and un-gutted. They require trimming, scaling and gutting; larger fish can be filleted and pin-boned for cooking. The skin, once scaled, doesn’t need to be removed.

For example, in the mid-1980s, fishermen caught many parrot fish near Cook Island. The parrot fish are an integral part of the coral reef ecosystem because they eat the excess algae, which allows ...

Catch n Cook, but this time we went on my boat ... Groupers, Porgy, Grunt, Parrot Fish, Trigger Fish and many more! This fishing trip was out of beautiful Biscayne Bay Florida.