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Is Codfishes kosher?

Yes — Codfishes is kosher under Jewish dietary law.

Freshwater Cod is Not Kosher

Codfishes

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Hebrew name
בקלה
Also known as
Atlantic, Black Cod, Blue Whiting, Blue whiting, Coalfish, Cod, Frostfish, Haddock, Hake, Hakes, Merluccio, Pacific Cod, Pacific cod, Pollock, Poutassou, Sable Fish, Sablefish, Saithe, See: Freshwater Cod, Tomcod, Tomcods, Walleye Pollock, Walleye pollock, Whiting, coalfish, frostfishes, poutassou, saithe
Kosher status
Kosher

About Codfishes

Codfishes(Family Gadidae), Including: Cod (Gadus morhua), Haddock (Melanogrammus aegiefinus); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus); Pollock, saithe, or coalfish (Pollachius virens); Walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma); Hakes (Urophycis species); Whiting (Meriangiu meriangus); Blue whiting or poutassou (Micromesistius poutassou); Tomcods or frostfishes (Microgradus species); note. some cods are not-kosher; See: Freshwater Cod.

Kosher ruling

Freshwater Cod is Not Kosher

Source: kosherfish.co/kosher-fish-list (snapshot 2025-12-19); legacy csv

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