にくい is written as 難い and it means “difficult”, so the above sentence means “Fish is difficult to eat.” the Opposite is やすい（易い）and it means easy.

If にくい or やすい is used with a verb stem, that means “it’s hard to …” or “it’s easy to ….” respectively.

ジュースはのみやすいですが、まっちゃはのみにくいです。

Juices are easy to drink but maccha (powdered green tea) is hard to drink.

ローマ字（じ）はよみやすいですが、漢字（かんじ）はよみにくいです。

Roomaji is easy to read but kanji characters are hard to read.

このペンはかきやすいですが、あのペンはかきにくいです。

This pen is easy to write with but that pen is hard to write with.

この音楽（おんがく）はききやすいですが、あの音楽（おんがく）はききにくいです。

This music is easy to listen to but that music is hard to listen to.