Boston bluefish

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Coal fish, saithe, coley, called pollock in the US. A cheap fish found in the Atlantic ocean and fished from Nova Scotia to Virginia. It has slightly brownish flesh which lightens as it is cooked. It is related to cod and has lean, sweet flesh and darker skin. It is used for gefilte fish in North America and for making imitation shellfish products.

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