Talk:Pollock

message: Is that the best pic we can come up with? 192.100.116.142 08:27, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pic 

message: "(or pollack, pronounced the same and listed first in most UK and US dictionaries)"
So why is this called pollock then? it doesn't make sense to have it called by a minority name. Anyone typing Pollack gets its use as a surname and anyone searching Pollock the surname (as is Jackson Pollock or Jamie Pollock) gets a fish. Does this make any sense at all? Totnesmartin 22:23, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Then why say it?  It's like breathlessly reporting that Barack Obama breathes air.  I've been trying to get some handle on this sentence @ Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language#Pollack, but people there don't seem to see the problem with the sentence that I see.  --  JackofOz (talk) 04:14, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

text: Chambers 20th Century has "pollack" as the headword and "pollock" as a variant. DuncanHill (talk) 21:37, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: For the record: DuncanHill’s comment is another argument in favour of moving the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.132.35 (talk) 09:56, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title 

message: When we go fishing (northern Norway), we usually prefer to catch (atlantic) pollock instead of cod.  Fresh from the sea, pollock tastes better.  I have an impression that pollock loses quality more rapidly than cod, and I've always believed this is the reason why the cod is much more commercially popular.  Since this is just my impression, and since I don't have references, I will not add this to the article.
Another notable difference, the cod is mostly a bottom-dweller, while the pollock is found closer to the surface.  This is maybe worth mentioning in the article, but I don't have references ;-)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.203.242.203 (talk) 13:04, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pollock vs Cod 

message: They have a range from North Carolina up to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Pollock are a "white fish". They are an important part of the New England and North Atlantic fisheries, though less so than cod and haddock. They spawn in late winter and early spring on Georges Bank, off the New England coast.
What about the rest of the world? I don't know the answer, but I'm pretty sure that they exist elsewhere :)
Fooflington (talk) 06:58, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Range 

message: This article is currently very US/North American centred. Pollock occur in British water too and I'm sure they must be found elsewhere.86.167.63.76 (talk) 13:39, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  US-centric article 

message: Because there are several species commonly referred to as "Pollock," all of which are quite different from each other, I propose that each of the individual "Pollock" pages be consolidated into one parent page that covers each of the species. I feel it is misleading and confusing to have several individual pages on the various species of "Pollock," as most people don't make the distinction between the various species types and simply refer to them all as "Pollock."
Different species of pollock:
Alaska Pollock
Atlantic Pollock
Norwegian Pollock
Listing these together on one page (with separate, individual sections for each species) would reduce confusion and increase understanding of the differences between these species. As it stands right now, I feel that anyone searching for Atlantic Pollock, Alaska Pollock, or Norway Pollock may well end up on the wrong page without knowing it.
Wild Alaskan (talk) 23:53, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Consolidation of three "pollock" pages

message: I just read the 2011 Requested Move discussion a couple of sections up, and was surprised that this isn't even the common name of the fish. Editors ask 'if moved, what
would we do with the name 'Pollock', and not once is Jackson Pollock suggested. Shouldn't his page really be the primary for this topic, with a hatnote for the fish? Randy Kryn (talk) 22:49, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Not even the fish's common name? Poor Jackson

message: There is a move discussion which, while it does not directly affect this page, may be of interest to watchers. It is at Talk:Pollack#Requested move 27 May 2019. DuncanHill (talk) 22:11, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Related move discussion