Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus). Also known as: Alaskatorsk (berlevågfisk), berlevågfisk, Theragra, berlevågsfisk, Finmark haddock, Theragra finnmarchica. Norsk: Alaskatorsk.
No official record yet
Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Alaska pollock yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Alaska pollock
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The Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus), in Norway called berlevågfisk, is a rare cod-family fish first found in a catch landed at Berlevåg in 1932. It was long treated as its own species, Theragra finnmarchica, but genetic work has shown it belongs to one species with the Alaska pollock of the North Pacific. It is a slender cod with three well-separated dorsal fins, a protruding lower jaw and a very small chin barbel. The back is dark navy blue, the sides dark-spotted and the belly white. Norwegian specimens have been large, up to about 70 cm. Fewer than 100 have been confirmed in Atlantic waters, most off Finnmark and especially near the Tanafjord, with others from the eastern Barents Sea and north of Spitsbergen. Where the Barents Sea fish spawn is still unknown. Any angler catching one should photograph and report it. On the Norwegian Red List it is assessed as Near Threatened (NT) under the name alaskatorsk.
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
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- Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
- Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
- Keep your photos and notes from the catch. Logging it in FishComp does not register a record.
Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).