Alaska pollock is a species that is often used to make kibbeling and fish sticks. It is estimated that the stock will increase in the upcoming years. Alaska pollock is not very susceptible to [fishing pressure]. This species is currently not heavily overfishedOverfished:
A stock is overfished when the stock size has decreased so far that it can no longer produce a maximum sustainable yield. The size of the fish populations is insufficient to reproduce in the long term. . For that reason, it receives an orange score for the category fish stocks and fishing pressure.
Alaska pollock is mostly caught with demersalDemersal longline:
A fishing method whereby an anchored long main line (40-100 km long) is expanded, with attached transverse lines with hooks with bait. otter trawls. This fishery has a strong negative ecological impact. Furthermore, it has a high percentage of bycatchBycatch:
Species caught next to species targeted for fishery. By-catches can consist of non-commercial species and species that are too small, and can be kept (this part is sometimes called by-product) or thrown back into the sea (discards). and the survival rates of these discardsDiscards:
Unwanted by-catch, which is thrown back because there is no quota, the market price is too low, or the fish is below the legal minimum landing size. Discards can be alive or dead. is low when thrown back into the sea. The category ecosystem effects receives a red score.
This fishery is managed by the European Common Fisheries Policy. The overall management is seen as partially effective so this category receives an orange score.
This fishery receives a red score as its final assessment. We advise to avoid this species and to choose alternative seafood, with an orange or green score.
Fish in season
Fish is in season when the spawning period has ended, as the quality is then at its best.