name: Norway Pout
flavor_db_name_variants: norway pout
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Norway pout
id: 590
name_scientific: Trisopterus esmarkii
description: Trisopterus esmarkii, the Norway Pout, is a species of fish found in the Barents Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea, off the coasts of Norway, Iceland, the British Isles and elsewhere in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. It is in the same family as cod. It can generally be found at depths of 100 m to 200 m. Individuals can reach 35 cm, but average 19 cm. It is extensively fished, mostly for conversion into fishmeal, with 877,910 t taken in 1974, and only 39,223 t taken in 2008.
itis_id: 164756
wikipedia_id: Trisopterus esmarkii
picture_file_name: 604.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 320646
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:30:30.000Z
legacy_id: 631
food_group: Aquatic foods
food_subgroup: Fishes
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:51.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:28.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 80723
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00590