Alaska Pollock §

species: Theragra chalcogramma
classification: bony fish
habitat: ocean bottom
feeding habits: crabs, other invertebrates
photo © Phil Edgell

Range: Cold water from Bering Sea to Washington coast

Serving Suggestion

Nutritional information: high in protein, riboflavin, calcium; lean

Commercial information: caught by bottom trawls; inexpensive, used to make fish sticks and imitation crabmeat
photo © Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute

More Information:

• Natural History of Pollock from Woods Hole