''Trisopterus esmarkii'', the Norway pout, is a species of fish in the
cod family. It is 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 prefers depths between , but occurs from .
Norway pout can reach , but are more common at around .
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It is extensively fished, mostly for conversion into fishmeal, with 877,910 t taken in 1974, and only 39,223 t taken in 2008.]
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Gadidae
Commercial fish
Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
Taxa named by Sven Nilsson
Fish described in 1855
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