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walleye pollock

American  
Or walleyed pollock

noun

  1. a cod, Theragra chalcogramma, ranging the northern Pacific, that is related to and resembles the pollock.


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Katherine Maslenikov carefully plucked a young walleye pollock specimen from a glass jar full of ethyl alcohol.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2023

While adult walleye pollock are averse to super cold water, juveniles are known to gravitate to the interior of the cold pool.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2021

In December, an analysis of northern fur seal diets published here in Frontiers in Marine Science found that previous studies may have "vastly underestimated" the amount of commercially-valuable walleye pollock consumed by the species.

From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2021

In turn, warmer water increased the metabolism of large fish such as Pacific cod, walleye pollock and arrowtooth flounder, requiring them to eat more forage fish.

From Washington Times • Jan. 15, 2020

Water temperatures in the Bering Sea, where walleye pollock support one of the world's biggest fisheries, hit 4°C above normal in some regions.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 31, 2019