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Pollack

Pollachius pollachius

6,232Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
34Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan70
Feb121
Mar204
Apr254
May487
Jun859
Jul1,191
Aug1,139
Sep990
Oct471
Nov208
Dec55

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland87
2Pembrokeshire Wales84
3Cornwall England68
4Highland Scotland65
5Belfast Northern Ireland51
6Argyll and Bute Scotland43
7Dorset England40
8Gwynedd Wales32
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland25
10Scottish Borders Scotland24
11Devon England22
12Torbay England22
13Fife Scotland16
14Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland15
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland14
2,611 England1,147 Scotland779 Wales651 Northern Ireland16 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,232
Peak month
July
Counties with records
34
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pollachius pollachius
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,275
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Gadiformes
Family
Gadidae
Genus
Pollachius
Name with authority
Pollachius pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q752683 · GBIF 2415872