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Hake () is the common name for fish in the Merlucciidae family of the northern and southern oceans (1995). 9781868120321, Southern Book Publishers. ISBN 9781868120321 and the Phycidae family of the northern oceans. Hake is a commercially important fish in the same taxonomic order, Gadiformes, as cod and haddock.
Hake may be found in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean in waters from deep. The fish stay in deep water during the day and come to shallower depths during the night. An undiscerning predator, hake feed on prey found near or on the Seabed. Male and female hake are very similar in appearance.
After spawning, the hake eggs float on the surface of the sea where the larvae develop. After a certain period of time, the baby hake then migrate to the bottom of the sea, preferring depths of less than .
In Chile, seafood exports, especially Chilean hake, have decreased dramatically. Hake export has decreased by almost 19 percent. The main cause of this decline is the February 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami. These disasters destroyed most processing plants, especially manufacturing companies that produce fish meal and frozen fillets.
European hake catches are well below historical levels because of hake depletion in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Various factors might have caused this decline, including a too-high total allowable catch, unsustainable fishing, ecology problems, juvenile catches, or non-registered catches.
Namibia is the only country that has increased its hake quota, from in 2009 to in 2010. Furthermore, the Namibian Ministry of Fisheries adheres to strict rules regarding the catch of hake. For example, the closed seasons for hake lasts approximately two months, in September and October, depending on the level of stock. This rule has been applied to ensure the regrowth of the hake population. Supplemental restrictions forbid trawling for Hake in waters less than deep (to avoid damaging non-target species natural habitat) and to minimize by-catch.
This is an Irish Seawater fish, similar in appearance to the tom cod. In Galway Bay, and other sea of Ireland, the hake is exceedingly abundant, and is taken in great numbers. It is also found in England and France. Since the Irish Americans to America, the hake has followed in the wake of their masters, as it is now found in New York bay, in the waters around Boston, and off Cape Cod. Here it is called the stock fish, and the Bostonians call them poor Johns. ... It is a singular fact that until within a few years this fish was never seen in America. It does not grow as large here as in Europe, though here they are from ten to eighteen inches 250 in length.... The general color of this fish is a reddish brown, with some golden tints—the sides being of a pink silvery luster.
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