Tis,your friend from Maine is right.Let's say the fresh haddock is caught on Monday,iced down on the boat for several days,then goes to the dock for auction,then the processing houses.then the wholesalers and finally gets delivered to the stores and restaurants where it may remain for several more days until sold....Some "fresh" fish is well over a week old when it arrives at the store or served to you in a restaurant.
On the other hand,fish frozen at sea is cleaned,filleted and frozen within hours of being caught and arrives at retail stores in perfect condition.
I would only buy fresh haddock if it came from a "day boat"...and those are few,since it takes up to a week to catch the limit.
I'm sure some will disagree,but that's my humble opinion.
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