Hake

At a glance

Hake (Urophycis chuss) is a bony-fish species with specific harvest rules tracked in 1 of 66 jurisdictions covered by CatchRules.

Confirmed by 72 research-grade iNaturalist observations, with New York, New Jersey, and New Brunswick the top jurisdictions by observation count.

Notable details

• Juvenile red hake are famous for sheltering inside the mantle cavities of living sea scallops.
• Typically reaches about 50 cm; rarely grows much larger despite its cod-family lineage.
• Found from Nova Scotia to Cape Hatteras on soft, muddy western Atlantic seafloors.
• A cod relative with mild, flaky white flesh well-suited to simple pan or oven preparations.
• Can descend to around 500 meters to seek cooler water during summer months.

Where Hake are seen

• New York19 iNat obs
• New Jersey13 iNat obs
• New Brunswick11 iNat obs
• Nova Scotia9 iNat obs
• Maine8 iNat obs
• Massachusetts5 iNat obs

Jurisdictions with rules for Hake

• WashingtonUnited States · official source

Background

The red hake or squirrel hake, Urophycis chuss, is a phycid hake of the genus Urophycis, found in the Atlantic Ocean at depths between 10 and 500 m. It grows to about 30 in (75 cm) and 7 lb (3.2 kg). Red hake are edible, and are sought out by recreational fisherman as a gamefish.

Background excerpt adapted from Wikipedia's Hake article (CC BY-SA). Visit Wikipedia for the full entry.

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