Season: All year
Size: Up to 110 cm, seldom longer than 80 cm

The fish
Haddock is a bottom fish that lives at depths of between 40 and 300 metres. Its most important spawning grounds are in the waters off middle Norway, near south-west Iceland and the Faeroe Islands.

The young haddock in the Barents Sea do not venture very far from home, whereas larger fish undertake long migrations. For example, haddock migrate down to the coast of northern Norway to spawn. They also spawn on banks near the Tromsøflaket shelf plain.

Fishery
Haddock is one of the most important food fishes in Norway. Haddock fishery is primarily performed in coastal waters, but in the north, haddock is also caught on the fish banks in the eastern parts of the Norwegian economic zone. Haddock is fished all year round, but in the summer, there is a special haddock fishery off the coast of eastern Finnmark using floating longlines.

Haddock is also fished in the North Sea all year round, where it is caught along with other commercial species. Along the coasts of Møre and Trøndelag, haddock is caught using longlines and nets in the summer.

The stocks of haddock south of 62º N have increased, and it is expected that good annual population increases over several years will be reflected in the haddock fishery in the North Sea and Skagerrak.

Fishing methods
Danish seine nets, trawler, longlines, nets.

Use
Haddock is sold fresh, frozen, dried and smoked.

Nutritional value:
Haddock is primarily an excellent source of protein. It also contains plenty of vitamin B12, pyridoxine and selenium and has a good balance of sodium and potassium.