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Alaska pollock is the world's second most important fish species, after the Peruvian anchoveta, in terms of total catch. [ 33 ] Alaska pollock landings are the largest of any single fish species in the U.S, with the average annual Eastern Bering Sea catch between 1979 and 2022 being 1.26 million metric tons. [ 34 ]
Alaska has two species of frogs. They are the Columbia spotted frog and wood frog. Alaska also is inhabited by two introduced frog species, the Pacific tree frog (also referenced as the Pacific chorus frog), and the red-legged frog. [1] The only species of toad in Alaska is the western toad. [30]
Modern taxonomy included Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus), which is genetically not separate from Norway pollock. [15] [16] Greenland cod (G. ogac) that was considered an own species, is considered the same species as Pacific cod (G. macrocephalus). [16] [2] [3]
Although there is a fourth species of the cod genus Gadus, Alaska pollock, it is commonly not called cod and therefore currently not covered here. Cod are demersal fish found in huge schools confined to temperate waters in the northern hemisphere. Atlantic cod are found in the colder waters and deeper sea regions throughout the Northern Atlantic.
Alaska pollock Theragra chalcogramma: Wild 3,271,426 This species is often the main ingredient in the so-called crab sticks. Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus: Cultivated 3,197,330 Whiteleg shrimp Penaeus vannamei: Cultivated 3,178,721 Bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis: Cultivated 2,898,816 Skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis: Wild ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... List of commercially important fish species; A. Acanthopagrus australis; Acanthopagrus butcheri; Alaska pollock; Albacore ...
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