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Photo	Names
Illustrations by Chris Van Dusen Images Courtesy of Seafood Business Magazine	Latin: Merluccius bilinearis French: Merlu German: Seehecht Spanish: Merluza Russian: Myerluza abyknovennaya Japanese: Merurusa

Description

Silver hake is also known as New England hake, or Atlantic whiting. As with other hake species the name hake and whiting are used interchangably because whitings tend to sell better than hakes. Silver hakes grow in length up to 80 cm (32 in). However, marketable hake are usually 40 cm in length (16 in).

Markets	Commercial Aspects
Exporting Countries Capture: United States, Canada, Iceland. Primary Consumers United States, Europe	In 1992 the U.S. harvested 16,000 metric tons, down from 35,000 metric tons in 1982

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