Whitefish spawn in November and December, usually in the shallows. As the water temperatures rise, lake whitefish school up in the dark, cool depths of the Great Lakes, sometimes retreating as deep as feet. Not as flashy or revered as their salmon and trout cousins, whitefish are characterized by a small head with a blunt snout overhanging the lower jaw.

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The lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis is a species of freshwater whitefish from North America. Lake whitefish are found throughout much of Canada and parts of the northern United States , including all of the Great Lakes. The lake whitefish is sometimes referred to as a "humpback" fish due to the small size of the head in relation to the length of the body.
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This sustainable choice is wild caught in Lake Huron. Sustainable Seafood Ocean Wise Certified. A freshwater fish that is a cousin of the salmon family, Whitefish is also known as "humpback" fish due to its unusually small head.
Whitefish or white fish is a fisheries term for several species of demersal fish with fins , particularly Atlantic cod Gadus morhua , whiting Merluccius bilinearis , haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus , hake Urophycis , pollock Pollachius , and others. Whitefish Coregonidae is also the name of several species of Atlantic freshwater fish. Whitefish live on or near the seafloor , and can be contrasted with the oily or pelagic fish which live in the water column away from the seafloor. Unlike oily fish , whitefish contain oils only in their liver , rather than in their gut , and can therefore be gutted as soon as they are caught, on board the ship [ citation needed ]. Whitefish have dry and white flesh. Whitefish can be divided into benthopelagic fish round fish which live near the sea bed, such as cod and coley and benthic fish which live on the sea bed, such as flatfish like plaice. Whitefish is sometimes eaten straight but is often used reconstituted for fishsticks , gefilte fish , lutefisk , surimi imitation crabmeat , etc. For centuries it was preserved by drying as stockfish and clipfish and traded as a world commodity. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article needs additional citations for verification.