whiting
wahy ting
- n flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
- n flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
- n a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
- n any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
- n found off Atlantic coast of North America
- n a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
- v turn white
- Other recommendations include a 32% cut in blue whiting, a 15% cut in North Sea plaice and sole, a 41% cut in North Sea herring, and a full closure of the Bay of Biscay for anchovy .
- A European Union panel last week backed calls for a total ban on the fishing of cod in the North Atlantic and a moratorium on the fishing of haddock and whiting there.