 The current IGFA All-Tackle World Record is 22.7 kg (50 lb) which was caught at Saltstraumen in Norway.Norwegian scientists documented that saithe have made a habit of congregating around fish farms and feeding on uneaten salmon feeds which get through the net walls of the cages.Saithe reach sexual maturity at 4–9 years old and are iteroparous, batch spawners with determinate fecundity.