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Common name - Alaska pollock, Walleye pollock
Alaska pollock, Walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)
Scientific name - Theragra chalcogramma
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Caught at sea   White round fish
Alaskan pollock fisheries are well managed by a system of Total Allowable Catches and quotas. Although bycatch can be problematic in pelagic...
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Common name - Albacore tuna
Scientific name - Thunnus alalunga
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Caught at sea   Oily fish
Albacore grow a little more slowly and reproduce a little later than skipjack and yellowfin tunas, making them more susceptible to overfishing....
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Common name - Anchovy
Scientific name - Engraulis encrasicolus
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Caught at sea   Oily fish
Anchovy are a species with a low vulnerability and high resilience and as such can sustain high levels of fishing pressure. However, recruitment...
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Common name - Arctic char
Scientific name - Salvelinus alpinus
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Farmed   Oily fish
Organically farmed Artic char is a good choice to make when looking for an oily fish. The combination of organic standards and land based production...
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Common name - Basa, Tra, Catfish or Vietnamese River Cobbler
Scientific name - Pangasius bocourti & Pangasius hypophthalmus
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Farmed   White round fish
Pangasius farmed to GlobalGap certified production standards is a good choice to make for this farmed species. The GlobalGap certification addresses...
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Common name - Bass, seabass
Scientific name - Dicentrarchus labrax
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Caught at sea   White round fish
The precise status of bass stocks is unknown and fishing effort and catch is not controlled. The combination of slow growth, late maturity, spawning...
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Common name - Bass, seabass
Scientific name - Dicentrarchus labrax
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Farmed   White round fish
In Greece fish farming has emerged as one of the fastest growing industries and now accounts for around 50% of the European Union's production...
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Common name - Bigeye tuna
Scientific name - Thunnus obesus
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Caught at sea   Oily fish
Bigeye tuna is slower and larger growing than skipjack and yellowfin and is thus more vulnerable to overfishing. Of the bigeye tuna fisheries,...
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Common name - Bream, gilthead
Scientific name - Sparus auratus
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Farmed   White round fish
In Greece, fish farming has emerged as one of the fastest growing industries and now accounts for around 50% of the European Union's production...
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Common name - Brill
Scientific name - Scophthalmus rhombus
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Caught at sea   White flat fish
Fisheries for this species are poorly managed. Due to lack of data there is no assessment of brill populations or stock.The state of the stock...
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