The name is ‘Pollock.’ Just ‘Pollock’

Pollock photo by NOAA Fishwatch
It’s official: The fish formerly known as “Alaska Pollock” now goes by a single name. It’s just called “pollock” now. That’s according to the FDA, which today updated its list of acceptable seafood marketing names. It matters because when “Alaska” was part of the fish name, purveyors of foreign pollock could fool consumers – with the FDA’s blessing — into thinking the fish they were buying was