Pollack has the same uses in the kitchen as cod and is recommended as sustainable alternative the flesh is not as white but taste and texture are as good as both cod and haddock available year round pollack is especially in demand in spring when other fish are out of season pollack is often referred to as lythe because of its long slender body shaperpollack is caught singly or in small groups in the north atlantic and is plentiful in deep waters around the british isles it has a dark metal