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Merluccius merluccius or the European hake is a merluccid hake of the genus Merluccius.Other vernacular names include Cornish salmon and herring hake.It is a predatory species, which was often netted alongside one of its favoured prey, the Atlantic herring, hence the latter common name.
Hake may be found in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean in waters from 200 to 350 metres (660 to 1,150 ft) deep. The fish stay in deep water during the day and come to shallower depths during the night. An undiscerning predator, hake feed on prey found near or on the bottom of the sea. Male and female hake are very similar in appearance. [3]
In per capita terms, food fish consumption has grown from 9.0 kg (19.8 lb) in 1961 to 20.2 kg (45 lb) in 2015, at an average rate of about 1.5 percent per year. [2]
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The blue grenadier (also known as hoki, blue hake, New Zealand whiptail, or whiptail hake, Macruronus novaezelandiae) is a merluccid hake of the family Merlucciidae found around southern Australia and New Zealand, as well as off both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America from Peru to Brazil [1] at depths of between 10 and 1,000 m (33 and 3,300 ft).