Captain Haddock thundering typhoons!"" (""Tonnerre de Brest!""; lit.: ""Thunder of Brest""). Haddock uses these two expressions to such an extent that Abdullah actually addresses him as "Blistering Barnacles" (""Mille sabords"" - ""A thousand portholes"" - in the original version). Émile Brami, biographer of Louis-Ferdinand Céline, claimed in a 2004 interview with the French book magazine "Lire" that Hergé took his inspiration from Céline's anti-Semitic pamphlet "" (1937) to create some of Haddock's expressions, as some of them ("aztec," "coconut," "iconoclast," "platypus") appeared explicitly in Céline's book. Captain Haddock was portrayed by Georges Wilson in "Tintin and the Golden Fleece", by Jean Bouise
Haddock an important prey for larger demersal fish, including other gadoids, while seals prey on the larger fish. The recorded growth rates of haddock underwent significant change over the 30 to 40 years up to 2011. Growth has been more rapid in recent years, with haddock attaining adult size much earlier than was noted 30-40 years ago. However, the degree to which these larger, younger fish contribute to reproductive success of the population is unknown. The growth rates of haddock, however, have slowed in recent years. There is some evidence which indicates that these slower growth rates may be the result