''Trisopterus esmarkii'', the Norway pout, is a species of fish in the

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family. It is found in the

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, off the coasts of Norway, Iceland, the British Isles and elsewhere in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. It prefers depths between , but occurs from . Norway pout can reach , but are more common at around . It is extensively fished, mostly for conversion into fishmeal, with 877,910 t taken in 1974, and only 39,223 t taken in 2008.

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* Gadidae Commercial fish Fish of the Atlantic Ocean Taxa named by Sven Nilsson Fish described in 1855 {{Gadiformes-stub