Pollachius virens was reported from 20 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 19 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 0 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 1 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Barents Sea, Spitsbergen to Bay of Biscay, around Iceland. Western Atlantic: southwest Greenland, Hudson Strait to North Carolina, although rare at the extremes of the range. Migrations for spawning are known to occur. Also long-distance north-south migrations for Europe and the US.
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Table 1: Present in 19 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Belgium BEL native 1371
North America Canada CAN native 5951
Europe Denmark DNK native 1371
Europe Faeroe Is. FRO native 1371
Europe France FRA native 1371
Europe Germany DEU native 1371
North America Greenland GRL native 1371
Europe Iceland ISL native 12462
Europe Ireland IRL native 1371
Europe Isle of Man IMN native 9488
Europe Latvia LVA native 36252
Europe Lithuania LTU native 36252
Europe Netherlands NLD native 1371
Europe Norway NOR native 1371
Europe Russia RUS native 1371
Europe Svalbard SJM native 1371
Europe Sweden SWE native 1371
Europe UK GBR native 1371
North America USA USA native 1371

Table 3: Absent from 1 country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Malta MLT misidentification 33971

Table 4: Reported from 20 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Belgium BEL native 1371
North America Canada CAN native 5951
Europe Denmark DNK native 1371
Europe Faeroe Is. FRO native 1371
Europe France FRA native 1371
Europe Germany DEU native 1371
North America Greenland GRL native 1371
Europe Iceland ISL native 12462
Europe Ireland IRL native 1371
Europe Isle of Man IMN native 9488
Europe Latvia LVA native 36252
Europe Lithuania LTU native 36252
Europe Malta MLT misidentification 33971
Europe Netherlands NLD native 1371
Europe Norway NOR native 1371
Europe Russia RUS native 1371
Europe Svalbard SJM native 1371
Europe Sweden SWE native 1371
Europe UK GBR native 1371
North America USA USA native 1371
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European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 226874

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