Species Detail - Saithe (Pollachius virens) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rare marine fishes taken in Irish waters from 1786 to 2008".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Pollachius virens
Saithe
Coalfish
N/A
povir
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bony fish (Actinopterygii)
Species
2
2
2
01/06/1976
30/09/1976
7 January (recorded in 2024)
28 December (recorded in 2013)
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, Rare marine fishes taken in Irish waters from 1786 to 2008, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Saithe (Pollachius virens), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/89/Species/13276>