Fresh Fish Ohio Style (by way of Indonesia)

I wondered often about what I'd have to give up, culinary speaking, when I moved from New York to Ohio, but most my fears have proved to be unwarranted.  There is a fantastic farmer’s market and utterly divine regional specalities (try Jeni's ice cream!).  But fish has been hard.  Most of the stuff in grocery stores looks decent, but it has been previously frozen and thawed at the store....