Blue whiting
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| Micromesistius poutassou Antoine Risso (1826) |
The blue whiting, Micromesistius poutassou, is a cod of the genus Micromesistius, found in the North-East Atlantic ocean, from Spain to Iceland. It has a long, narrow body and a silvery under body. The fish can attain a length of 40cm. The average length of blue whiting caught off the west shores of the UK is 31cm. [1]
Blue whiting has in the last decade become an increasingly important species to the fishing industries of northern European countries as well as Russia. The fish is usually not marketed fresh, but processed.
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