Pollock can be distinguished by their greenish coloring, and have a white lateral line. ... They are silvery in color with sharp teeth. Their flesh is softer and less flaky, and they're best cleaned up and fried whole.

Can you eat UK pollock?

While pollock is a perfectly acceptable table fish (and is a member of the cod family) it is seen as inferior to cod and haddock and does not command as high a price as either of these species.

Is pollock like whiting?

As nouns the difference between whiting and pollock

is that whiting is a fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc or whiting can be a fish, , similar to cod, found in the north atlantic while pollock is a painting by or pollock can be .