Age Determination Methods for Northwest Atlantic Species: Pollock, Pollachius Virens

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The Northeast Fisheries Science Center presents the section of "Age Determination Methods for Northwest Atlantic Species," on pollock, Pollachius virens, by K.G. Andrade and C.P. Smith. Pollock is found on both sides of the North Atlantic. It spawns in the winter and most attain sexual maturity in three or four years. Scales and otoliths have been used for age determinations of pollock.