For example, monkfish was once considered trash fish in New England.

Etymologically, the term "trash fish" began as code for what the public was either too unimaginative or squeamish to buy.

I think of trash fish as the jazz of the marine world.

Not to mention the fact that whatever trash fish eat, you end up eating, too.

It was probably a nondescript trash fish, the kind that survived in these increasingly polluted waters.

"Look at how fashionable trash fish has become in expensive restaurants."

Then, if they were smart, they would do everything within their power to become a trash fish.

Sharks were attracted to the back of the shrimp boat with trash fish,' read out Bond.

Another example is an increased European harvest of herring, once considered a trash fish.

Often considered a trash fish in commercial trawling, it is of little or no economic value.