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  • ​Latin name: Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Greenland Halibut, Greenland Turbot)
  • Available Forms: Headed/Gutted Tail off (HGT), Head on/Gutted (HOG), Heads, Tails
  • Freezing Method: Quick Blast, IQF, IWP, Block
  • Method of Catch: Seiner, Trawler, Longline
  • Quality: A and B Grades
  • HGT Sizes (in kg): 0.5-1.0, 1.0-2.0, 2.0-3.0, 3.0-5.0
  • HOG Sizes (in grams): U 800, 800-1000, 1000-1200, 1200 up
  • Packing (Cartons in kg): 10, 15, 20 or random weight

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​Additional Information

The Greenland halibut is a flatfish which has it's left eye on the right side of the head.

This fish's eye has not moved as far as other bottom-dwelling flatfish and can likely see forwards. The Greenland halibut can swim in a vertical position and both sides of its body are a speckled brown color, but the left side is paler.

​It is a deep water fish distributed mostly from 200 to 1600 m, but has been caught in deeper depths of 2,200 m (7,200 ft). It is mainly found in waters with temperatures from 1-4 °C, but has also observed at sub-zero temperatures down to -2.1 °C. It has a circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere and is found in both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific oceans. (information credit, wikipedia)

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