A Fish Called, 'colin'?

[sandyRoe]

We've probably all heard of a fish called Wanda, but on 'In it to win it', tonight there was a question, 'Which of these fish is known as Colin?'. Is that a commonly used name for whatever type of fish it was?

[gness]

Pollock?

[penelope2]

There already has been a thread on this subject sandyRoe.

[sandyRoe]

Might well be. Is that the same as Coley?

[horseshoes]

Haddock?

[penelope2]

It was a supermarket ploy to get more people to eat Pollock rather than cod etc.

[puternut]

Sainsburys 2009

[Caran]

I always thought it was Hake.

[penelope2]

No, Pollock is not Haddock or Hake.

[puternut]

Sorry hit return too quick

In 2009, U.K. supermarket Sainsbury's renamed pollock 'Colin' in a bid to boost ecofriendly sales of the fish as an alternative to cod. The supermarket also suggested some shoppers may be too embarrassed to ask for the species under its proper title, due to its reputation as an inferior fish, and its similarity to a popular English swear word (b0ll0x). Sainsbury's, which said the new name was derived from the French for cooked pollock (colin), launched the product under the banner "Colin and chips can save British cod."

[Caran]

Just googled it and in France it is hake.

[sandyRoe]

My nieces husband is called Colin. They'll not like that.
Isn't there a fish sold as Rock Salmon?

[penelope2]

Rock Salmon = Huss or Dogfish or Dutch Eel.

[sandyRoe]

All these fish masquerading under posh names makes horses trying to pass themselves as Cows seem almost acceptable.

[Hopkirk]

Is there a fish called Dave?

[MadMen]

Hopkirk?

[Hopkirk]

Well there's a TV channel called Dave, so why not a fish ?