Whitefish (fisheries term)

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Whitefish (fisheries term)

Whitefish (white fish, demersal fish) is a fisheries term referring to several species of pelagic deep water fish with fin

Fin

A fin is a surface used to produce lift and thrust or to steer while traveling in water, air, or other fluid media. The first use of the word was for Fish anatomy#Fins of fish, but has been extended to include other animal limbs and man-made devices....
s, particularly cod

Cod

Cod is the common name for the genus of fish Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name of a variety of other fishes....
(Gadus morhua), whiting (Merluccius bilinearis), and haddock

Haddock

The haddock or offshore hake is a marine fish distributed on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Haddock is a popular food fish, widely fished commercially....
(Melanogrammus aeglefinus), but also hake

Hake

The term hake refers to fish in either of:* family Gadidae * family Merlucciidae .An old European source mentions a hake that was transplanted from the coast of Ireland to Cape Cod....
(Urophycis), pollock

Pollock

Pollock is the common name used for either of the two species of ocean fish in the Pollachius genus. Both P. pollachius and P. virens are commonly referred to as pollock....
(Pollachius), or others.

Unlike oily fish

Oily fish

Oily fish, oil-rich fish or pelagic fish are those fish which have fish oils throughout the fillet and in the belly cavity around the gut, rather than only in the liver like Whitefish ....
, white fish contain oils

Fish oil

Fish oil is oil derived from the biological tissue of oily fish.Fish oil is recommended for a healthy diet because it contains the omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid , and docosahexaenoic acid , precursors to eicosanoids that reduce inflammation throughout the body....
only in their liver

Liver

The liver is a vital organ present in vertebrates and some other animals; it has a wide range of functions, a few of which are detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion....
, rather than in the gut, and can therefore be gutted as soon as they are caught, on board the ship.

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Whitefish (white fish, demersal fish) is a fisheries term referring to several species of pelagic deep water fish with fin

Fin

Cod

Haddock

Hake

Pollock

Oily fish

Fish oil

Liver

Cod

Cod is the common name for the genus of fish Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name of a variety of other fishes....
, coley

Coley

Coley may refer to:*Coley , a type of fish, similar to cod*Coley , a band from the Eastern Townships of Quebec*Coley, Berkshire, a suburb of Reading, Berkshire, England...
) and flatfish

Flatfish

The flatfish are an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. The name means "side-swimmers" in Greek language....
such as plaice

Plaice

Plaice is the common name of four species of flatfishes:* Alaska plaice, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus* American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides...
which live on the sea bed.

White fish is sometimes eaten straight but often used reconstituted for fishstick

Fishstick

Fish sticks, also commonly referred to as fish fingers, are a processed food made using a whitefish such as cod which have been batter ed and/or breaded....
s, gefilte fish

Gefilte fish

Gefilte fish are Poaching fish patties or balls made from a mixture of ground deboned fish, mostly common carp or pike. They are popular in the Ashkenazi Jews Jewish community....
, lutefisk

Lutefisk

Lutefisk is a traditional Recipe of the Nordic countries made from stockfish or Salt_cod and sodium hydroxide . Its name literally means "lye fish", because it is made using caustic lye soda derived from potash minerals....
, surimi

Surimi

Surimi is a Japanese loan word referring to a food product intended to mimic the meat of lobster, crab, and other shellfish. It typically is made from white-fleshed fish that has been pulverized to a paste and attains a rubbery texture when cooked....
(imitation crab

Crab

Crabs are Decapoda crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax....
meat), etc. For centuries it was preserved by drying

Drying (food)

Drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which prevents the growth of microorganisms and decay. Drying food using the sun and wind to prevent spoilage has been known since ancient times....
as stockfish

Stockfish

Stockfish is unsalted fish, especially cod, dried by sun and wind on wooden racks on the foreshore called flakes, or in special drying houses....
and clipfish

Clipfish

Cod can be preserved by salting , drying , or both. Dried and salted cod is usually called salt cod; cod which has been dried without the addition of salt is called stockfish....
and traded as a world commodity. It is most widely known as the key ingredient in the classic British dish

British cuisine

English cuisine is shaped by the country's temperate climate, its island geography, and its history. The latter includes interactions with other European countries, and the importing of ingredients and ideas from places such as North America, China, and India during the time of the British Empire and as a result of World War II Immigration t...
fish and chips

Fish and chips

Fish and chips is a popular take-away food which originated in the United Kingdom. It consists of deep-fried fish in Batter or breadcrumbs with French fried potatoes potatoes....
. In Jewish cuisine

Jewish cuisine

Jewish cuisine is a collection of international cookery traditions linked by Jewish dietary laws and Jewish holiday traditions. Certain foods, notably pork and shellfish, are forbidden; meat and dairy may not be combined, and meat must be Ritual slaughter and salted to remove all traces of blood....
, smoked whitefish salad is a delicacy enjoyed with bagel

Bagel

A bagel is a Bread, traditionally shaped by hand into the form of a ring from yeasted wheat dough, roughly hand-sized, which is first boiled for a short time in water and then baked....
s.

Whitefish (fisheries term)

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