Halibut is best when eaten fresh. The meat has a very clean taste and requires little seasoning. Halibut is also noted for its very dense and firm texture also for ites ultra- low fat content.The Atlantic halibut was formerly a very important food fish, but due to its slow rate of population growth it is unable to recover quicly from overfishing, therefore Samherji has looked at ohter solutions to provide the popular fish and fish farming is the obvious choice