page_title: Halibut
section_title: As food
hierarchical_section_title: Halibut / As food
caption_attribution_description: hot-smoked Pacific Halibut on smoker racks, smoked with a blend of mesquite and alder woods
context_page_description: Halibut is the common name for two flatfish in the genus Hippoglossus from the family of right-eye flounders and, in some regions, and less commonly, other species of large flatfish.
  The word is derived from haly and butte, for its popularity on Catholic holy days. Halibut are demersal fish and are highly regarded as a food fish as well as a sport fish.
caption: Hot smoked Pacific halibut
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