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Whitefish (fisheries term)

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Whitefish or white fish is a fisheries term for several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Caspian kutum (Rutilus kutum), whiting (Merluccius bilinearis), and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), but also hake (Urophycis), pollock (Pollachius), or others. [1]

34 relations: Atlantic cod, Atlantic Ocean, Bottom feeder, Caspian kutum, Cod, Crab, Demersal fish, Dried and salted cod, Fin, Fish and chips, Fish finger, Fish oil, Fishery, Flatfish, Food drying, Freshwater fish, Freshwater whitefish, Gastrointestinal tract, Gefilte fish, Groundfish, Haddock, Hake, Liver, Lutefisk, Oily fish, Pelagic fish, Plaice, Pollachius virens, Pollock, Seabed, Stockfish, Surimi, Water column, Whiting (fish).

Atlantic cod

The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is a benthopelagic fish of the family Gadidae, widely consumed by humans.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Bottom feeder

A bottom feeder is an aquatic animal that feeds on or near the bottom of a body of water.

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Caspian kutum

The Caspian kutum (Rutilus kutum) or Caspian white fish is a member of the family Cyprinidae from brackish water habitats of the Caspian Sea and from its freshwater tributaries.

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Cod

Cod is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae.

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Crab

Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) (translit.

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Demersal fish

Demersal fish live and feed on or near the bottom of seas or lakes (the demersal zone).

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Dried and salted cod

Dried and salted cod, sometimes referred to simply as salt cod, is cod which has been preserved by drying after salting.

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Fin

A fin is a thin component or appendage attached to a larger body or structure.

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Fish and chips

Fish and chips is a hot dish of English origin consisting of fried battered fish and hot potato chips.

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Fish finger

Fish fingers (British English) or fish sticks (American English), are a processed food made using a whitefish, such as cod, hake, haddock or pollock, which has been battered or breaded.

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Fish oil

Fish oil is oil derived from the tissues of oily fish.

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Fishery

Generally, a fishery is an entity engaged in raising or harvesting fish which is determined by some authority to be a fishery.

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Flatfish

A flatfish is a member of the order Pleuronectiformes of ray-finned demersal fishes, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes.

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Food drying

Food drying is a method of food preservation in which food is dried (dehydrated or desiccated).

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Freshwater fish

Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 0.05%.

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Freshwater whitefish

The freshwater whitefish are fishes of the subfamily Coregoninae, which contains whitefishes (both freshwater and anadromous) and ciscoes, and is one of three subfamilies in the salmon family Salmonidae.

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Gastrointestinal tract

The gastrointestinal tract (digestive tract, digestional tract, GI tract, GIT, gut, or alimentary canal) is an organ system within humans and other animals which takes in food, digests it to extract and absorb energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste as feces.

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Gefilte fish

Gefilte fish (from געפֿילטע פֿיש and originally from gevulde vis, "stuffed fish") is a dish made from a poached mixture of ground deboned fish, such as carp, whitefish, or pike.

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Groundfish

Groundfish are fish that live on, in, or near the bottom of the body of water they inhabit.

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Haddock

The haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) is a saltwater fish from the family Gadidae, the true cods, it is the only species in the monotypic genus Melanogrammus.

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Hake

The term hake refers to fish in either of.

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Liver

The liver, an organ only found in vertebrates, detoxifies various metabolites, synthesizes proteins, and produces biochemicals necessary for digestion.

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Lutefisk

Lutefisk (Norwegian) or lutfisk (Swedish) (pronounced in Northern and Central Norway, in Southern Norway, in Sweden and in Finland (lipeäkala)) is a traditional dish of some Nordic countries.

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Oily fish

Oily fish have oil in their tissues and in the belly cavity around the gut.

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Pelagic fish

Pelagic fish live in the pelagic zone of ocean or lake waters – being neither close to the bottom nor near the shore – in contrast with demersal fish, which do live on or near the bottom, and reef fish, which are associated with coral reefs.

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Plaice

Plaice is a common name for a group of flatfish that comprises four species: the European, American, Alaskan and scale-eye plaice.

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Pollachius virens

The saithe, (Pollachius virens) is a species of marine fish in the Pollachius genus.

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Pollock

Pollock (pronounced) is the common name used for either of the two species of North Atlantic marine fish in the genus Pollachius.

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Seabed

The seabed (also known as the seafloor, sea floor, or ocean floor) is the bottom of the ocean.

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Stockfish

Stockfish is unsalted fish, especially cod, dried by cold air and wind on wooden racks (which is called "hjell" in Norway) on the foreshore.

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Surimi

refers to a paste made from fish or other meat.

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Water column

A water column is a conceptual column of water from the surface of a sea, river or lake to the bottom sediment.

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Whiting (fish)

A number of Actinopterygiian fish have been given the common name whiting.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitefish_(fisheries_term)

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