Is Ocean pout kosher?
No — Ocean pout is not kosher under Jewish dietary law.
Not kosher. Ocean pout has slimy, scaleless skin. Occasionally surfaces in the U.S. market under the name "mutton fish".
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About Ocean pout
Elongated, eel-like fish of the Northwest Atlantic, not related to true eels but similarly disqualified by absence of scales.
Kosher ruling
Not kosher. Ocean pout has slimy, scaleless skin. Occasionally surfaces in the U.S. market under the name "mutton fish".
Source: Orthodox Union
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