Editing Fish and chips (section)

===Choice of fish===
In Britain and Ireland, [[cod]] and [[haddock]] appear most commonly as the fish used for fish and chips,<ref name=onplate>{{cite web|first=Alan|last=Masterson|url=http://www.seafish.org/plate/fishandchips.asp |title="Seafish. On Plate. Fish & chips" (UK Sea Fish Industry Authority website) |publisher=Seafish.org |access-date=22 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011050658/http://www.seafish.org/plate/fishandchips.asp |archive-date=11 October 2008 }}</ref> but vendors also sell many other kinds of fish, especially other [[whitefish (fisheries term)|white fish]], such as [[pollock]], [[hake]] or [[coley (fish)|coley]], [[European plaice|plaice]], [[Skate (fish)|skate]], [[Batoidea|ray]], and huss or [[rock salmon]] (a term covering several species of [[spiny dogfish|dogfish]] and similar fish). In traditional fish and chip shops several varieties of fish are offered by name ("haddock and chips"), but in some restaurants and stalls "fish and chips", unspecified, is offered; it is increasingly likely to be the much cheaper [[Basa (fish)|basa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/3348646/It-s-basa-and-chips-as-shoppers-choose-sustainable-fish.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/3348646/It-s-basa-and-chips-as-shoppers-choose-sustainable-fish.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=It-s basa-and-chips as shoppers choose sustainable fish |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date= 3 August 2008 |first=Jasper|last=Copping |access-date= 18 May 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In Northern Ireland, cod, plaice or [[whiting (fish)|whiting]] appear most commonly in 'fish suppers'—'supper' being Scottish and Northern Irish terminology for a food item accompanied by chips.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/aug/19/stonehaven-bay-best-fish-and-chips-food-award "Yes, this really is the best fish supper money can buy"]. ''The Guardian''. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019</ref> Suppliers in [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]] often offer pollock and coley as cheap alternatives to haddock.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nunn|first1=Ian|title=My Family's Other Recipes: I Didn't Wanna Do It|date=2011|publisher=Author House|isbn=978-1-4670-0232-5|page=121|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbGsCgVTFhAC&pg=PA121|language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Fish-and-chips-horseshoe-bay.jpg|thumb|left|[[Cod]] and chips, served with a lemon wedge and [[tartar sauce]]]]

In Canada, cod, haddock and [[Atlantic Salmon]] are favoured in [[Atlantic Canada|Atlantic Region]] and [[Pacific cod]], [[Alaska pollock]], [[flounder]], [[halibut]], [[trout]] and [[Chinook salmon]] are favoured in [[British Columbia]]. Because of influences of [[Japanese Canadians]], fish and chips in British Columbia is influenced by the [[tempura]] techniques used in [[Japanese cuisine]].

In Australia, reef cod and [[rock cod]] (a variety different from that used in the United Kingdom), [[barramundi]] or [[flathead (fish)|flathead]] (more expensive options), [[flake (fish)|flake]] (a type of [[shark meat]]), [[King George whiting]] (little more expensive than other fish, but cheaper than barramundi or flathead) or [[Australasian snapper|snapper]] (cheaper options), are commonly used. From the early 21st century, farmed [[Basa fish|basa]] imported from Vietnam and [[Blue grenadier|hoki]] have become common in Australian fish and chip shops. Other types of fish are also used based on regional availability.

In New Zealand, [[Australasian snapper|snapper]] or [[Triglidae|gurnard]] was originally the preferred species for battered fillets in the North Island. As catches of this fish declined, it was replaced by hoki, shark (particularly [[spotted estuary smooth-hound|rig]]) – marketed as lemon fish – and [[tarakihi]]. [[Bluefin gurnard]] and [[blue cod]] predominate in South Island fish and chips.<ref name="Wassilieff"/>

In the United States, the type of fish used depends on availability in a given region. Some common types are cod, [[halibut]], [[flounder]], [[tilapia]] or, in [[New England]], [[Atlantic cod]] or haddock.<ref>{{cite news |title=Goodbye, fish and chips? New England haddock imperiled by overfishing |url=https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2023-05-17/goodbye-fish-and-chips-new-england-haddock-imperiled-by-overfishing |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=Connecticut Public}}</ref>

In India, the dish is usually based on [[Barramundi|beckti]] or [[pomfret]] and uses chilli paste, and more pepper than would be used in Britain.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food/food-reviews/Fish-n-chips-a-great-Indian-delicacy/articleshow/10065191.cms|title=Fish n' chips, a great Indian delicacy|date=9 February 2012|newspaper=Times of India}}</ref>

In [[South Africa]], [[Merlucciidae|hake]] and [[Thyrsites|snoek]] are common choices.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-07-30-hooked-on-hake-and-slap-chips|title=Hooked on hake and slap chips|date=30 July 2021|newspaper=Daily Maverick}}</ref>