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Alaska pollock is the world's second most important fish species, after the Peruvian anchoveta, in terms of total catch. [ 33 ] Alaska pollock landings are the largest of any single fish species in the U.S, with the average annual Eastern Bering Sea catch between 1979 and 2022 being 1.26 million metric tons. [ 34 ]
Modern taxonomy included Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus), which is genetically not separate from Norway pollock. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Greenland cod ( G. ogac ) that was considered an own species, is considered the same species as Pacific cod ( G. macrocephalus ).
Pollock or pollack [1] (pronounced / ˈ p ɒ l ə k /) is the common name used for either of the two species of North Atlantic marine fish in the genus Pollachius. Pollachius pollachius is referred to as "pollock" in North America, Ireland and the United Kingdom, while Pollachius virens is usually known as saithe or coley in Great Britain and Ireland (derived from the older name coalfish). [2]
Although there is a fourth species of the cod genus Gadus, Alaska pollock, it is commonly not called cod and therefore currently not covered here. Cod are demersal fish found in huge schools confined to temperate waters in the northern hemisphere. Atlantic cod are found in the colder waters and deeper sea regions throughout the Northern Atlantic.
Imitation crab meat was invented in the 1970s, and today is often made from pulverized Alaska pollock. Pollock has been consumed in Korea since the Joseon era (1392–1897). ). One of its earliest mentions is in the 1652 Diary of the Royal Secretariat, which states that "the management administration should be strictly interrogated for bringing in pollock roe instead of cod r
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Pollock roe, also pollack roe (also known as myeongnan and tarako) is the roe of Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) which, despite its name, is a species of cod. Salted pollock roe is a popular culinary ingredient in Korean , Japanese , and Russian cuisines .
This species inhabits the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the North Sea on the East Coast of Britain. In the United States, it is commonly known as the English whiting. [1] In Canada, it is used for the Alaska pollock, Theragra chalcogramma. In the Southern Ocean, it is used for the southern blue whiting.