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Theragra chalcogramma / Colin d’Alaska / Alaska Seelachs / Merluzzo dell’Alaska / Минтай /
阿拉斯加狭鳕 / スケトウダラ
A smaller relative of cod, Alaska pollock is part of one of the world’s largest commercial fisheries in the North Pacific.
Alaska pollock spawn from between 3 and 4 years, producing from 500,000 to 15 million eggs. Some Alaska pollock grow up to 80 cm long, and live for around 15 years.
Alaska pollock is mainly harvested in the northern Pacific Ocean, in the Sea of Okhotsk West Bering Sea, FAO area 61.
Alaska pollock is caught with a mid-water pelagic trawl (OTM).
Annual catch of Alaska pollock in the Russian EEZ has been as follows:
2008 | 1,318,000 MT
2009 | 1,326,000 MT
2010 | 1,584,000 MT
2011 | 1,580,000 MT
2012 | 1,632,000 MT
2013 | 1,567,000 MT
2014 | 1,518,000 MT
2015 | 1,624,000 MT
2016 | 1,738,000 MT
2017 | 1,706,000 MT
2018 | 1,649,000 MT
2019 | 1,706,000 MT
2020 | 1,716,000 MT
2021 | 1,800,000 E
E=Expected
Source: FAO
Composition of food per 100g edible portion
