Walleye from the North Atlantic

[scaleface]

I was at Sams earlier and they had walleye fillets for  11 dollars a lb . I like walleyes and was going to buy some . Then I read from the North Atlantic . Whats up with that ? Is there a salt water walleye ?

[TnRiver46]

11 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I was at Sams earlier and they had walleye fillets for  11 dollars a lb . I like walleyes and was going to buy some . Then I read from the North Atlantic . Whats up with that ? Is there a salt water walleye ?

There’s a good bit of incorrect species labeling in the commercial fishing industry. There’s even a pretty excellent book that touches on the subject when it comes to European sea bass 

 

I got some frozen walleye from the grocery store in Michigan that said it was from Canada (because the fresh walleye across the street was outrageously priced). Who knows what it really was but it sort of resembled the shape of a walleye anyhow haha

[scaleface]

4 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

There’s a good bit of incorrect species labeling in the commercial fishing industry.

I know of a restaurant was selling pollock as walleye .

[slonezp]

58 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I know of a restaurant was selling pollock as walleye .

They make everything out of pollock. The Filet O' Fish, artificial crab meat, cat food. As far as the OP, I'd be curious if it was actually cod. 

[Buzzbaiter]

4 hours ago, scaleface said:

I know of a restaurant was selling pollock as walleye .

Very restaurant in Baltimore that claims to sell lake trout actually sells whiting

[BrianMDTX]

19 hours ago, Buzzbaiter said:

Very restaurant in Baltimore that claims to sell lake trout actually sells whiting

True. Lake trout and a chicken box are Baltimore staples. But it ain’t lake trout lol. 

[Dwight Hottle]

Zander a close relative of our walleye are the European walleye & are found in fresh water & brackish waters. It looks just like a walleye but grows bigger in length & weight. Could be what you saw in Sams.

[Jigfishn10]

On 11/16/2021 at 6:56 PM, slonezp said:

They make everything out of pollock. The Filet O' Fish, artificial crab meat, cat food. 

This statement is a true story. Although, the items mentioned above are made from pollock, it is pretty much 100% Alaskan Pollock, also known as walleye pollock...just not from the North Atlantic...Sooooo the mystery of the OP's question continues. ?

[J Francho]

Same as "Chilean Sea Bass."  It's called marketing.

 

It's cod:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_cod

[Jigfishn10]

Or at least in the codfish family...If it is Atlantic Cod, it's most likely farm raised.

[J Francho]

If you type in "North Atlantic Walleye" into google, it comes up as North Atlantic Cod.  Anyone that has cooked with cod, knows about the nematodes so there's some stigma attached to cod.  Not so with the word walleye.

[Jigfishn10]

I'll have to take your word for it b/c it doesn't come up that way on my device in google.

 

I only question it because Atlantic Cod is becoming as protected as Atlantic Salmon (not farm raised).

[J Francho]

Maybe it's something else - mystery meat!