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	Cod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of fish, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name of a variety of other fishes.
		Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of Vitamin A, Vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA).
		In the United Kingdom, cod is the one of the most common kind of fish to be found in fish and chips, along with Haddock and Plaice.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cod (1013 words)

	Pacific Cod Species Profile - Southeast Alaska and Yakutat: Groundfish Fisheries - Division of Commercial Fisheries - ...
		Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) are found from the northern Yellow Sea in China through the Bering Sea as far north as the Chukchi Sea, and south along the Gulf of Alaska and the coast of North America to Monica Bay, California (Love 1991, Westreim 1996).
		Pacific Cod inhabit the waters of the continental shelf and the upper continental slope waters (Hart 1973, Bakkala et al.
		Pacific cod are oviparous and eggs are fertilized externally (Hart 1973).
	www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us /region1/finfish/grndfish/pcod/pcodinfo.php (980 words)

	AFSC Pacific cod research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), also known as grey cod, are moderately fast growing and relatively short-lived fish, with a maximum age of approximately 18 years.
		Cod are demersal and concentrate on the shelf edge and upper slope (100-250 m) in the winter and move to shallower waters (<100 m) in the summer.
		Pacific cod are managed under two Fishery Management Plans: one for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands region and the other for the Gulf of Alaska region.
	www.afsc.noaa.gov /species/Pacific_cod.htm (267 words)

	cod. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The cod was extremely important to the economic and social growth of New England; it has been used as a Massachusetts state emblem.
		Today the cod stocks have been greatly depleted off the coast of New England and Newfoundland owing to overfishing, and restrictions on the catch have had to be imposed.
		All cods are bottom-feeders with soft fins; the large ventral fins are located under or in front of the pectorals rather than behind them as in other fishes.
	www.bartleby.com /65/co/cod.html (493 words)

	Ocean Beauty Seafood, Inc.
		Cods also have the distinctive barbell, or "whisker" on the end of their lower jaw.
		The pacific cod is very closely related to the atlantic cod, but is slightly smaller than it's east coast cousin.
		Cod blocks (frozen blocks of fillets and fillet pieces) are also sold for further processing, as is cod mince (fine pieces or flakes of flesh removed from the carcasses after filleting).
	www.oceanbeauty.com /products/whtfh_cod.htm (483 words)

	General information on Pacific cod
		Pacific cod is marketed dressed or in the form of fillets.
		Pacific cod grows moderately fast and is a short lived species.
		The flesh of the Pacific cod is firm, lean and mild flavored and when cooked flakes easily.
	www.siamcanadian.com /pacific-cod/facts.htm (442 words)

	cod - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		COD [cod] member of the large family Gadidae, comprising commercially important food fishes.
		The cods include the hake and the haddock, all found in the N Atlantic and Pacific.
		Moral economy of the commons: ecology and equity in the Newfoundland cod fishery, 1815-1855.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/c/cod.asp (651 words)

	ATLANTIC COD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Atlantic cod is a member of the gadoid family as is Pacific cod, cusk, and red and white hake.
		(Lingcod, also found in the Mid-Atlantic, is not a member of the cod family.) The Atlantic cod has dark green or brown skin and is larger than the Pacific cod.
		A delicate fillet of cod, lightly seasoned and simmered in white wine, fresh tomatoes, and herbs, then finished with low-fat yogurt, makes an excellent meal and does justice to this fish and any of its family members.
	www.ocean.udel.edu /mas/seafood/atlancod.html (274 words)

	Pacific Cod
		The Pacific cod occurs in the north Pacific, from the Bering Sea south to Santa Monica, California in the east, and to the Sea of Japan in the west (National Marine Fisheries Service, 2004; PFMC 1998a).
		Pacific cod are not overfished and overfishing is not occuring in the BSAI and GOA.
		Cod on the Southern Scotian Shelf and in the Bay of Fundy (Div.
	www.blueoceaninstitute.org /seafood/species/18.html (3845 words)

	FIGIS - FAO/SIDP Species Identification Sheet: Gadus macrocephalus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the western Pacific, there appear to be two general types of schooling behaviour in cod of similar size and state of maturity: a school that is more or less permanent on the grounds and a school that moves continually.
		The overall sex ratio and size-specific differences for cod in the eastern Bering Sea are similar to those for the cod in the northwestern Bering Sea, where the sex ratio is nearly 1:1, with males dominating in the younger age groups, and females in the older age groups.
		Pacific cod is often taken incidentally by pollock and flatfish fisheries, and in Korea it is exclusively a by-catch of other commercial fisheries.
	www.fao.org /figis/servlet/species?fid=3011 (1350 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Endangered and Threatened Species: Puget Sound Populations of Pacific Hake, Pacific Cod, and ...
		Cod are also found off the east coast of Japan from Tokyo Bay to northern Hokkaido, on the west coast of Japan in the Sea of Japan, and off the coasts of the Sakhalin and Kurile Islands (Bakkala et al., 1984; Fredin, 1985).
		Cod are an important groundfish in shallow, soft-bottomed marine and estuarine habitats along the west coast (Garrison and Miller, 1982).
		Pacific Cod DPS Commercial landings of cod off the U.S. west coast peaked in 1988 at 3,343 mt and have steadily declined since that peak to an estimated 404 mt in 1998.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-SPECIES/2000/November/Day-24/e30028.htm (7182 words)

	Pacific Cod: Siam Canadian
		To store the Pacific cod the whole fish should be covered in ice and the stomach cavity must be stuffed with ice.
		As the Pacific cod is a lean white fish, it is very tasty if it is micro waved, poached, baked and barbequed.
		Pacific Cod has a distinctive and mild flavor, which is very appealing to all classes of people.
	www.siamcanadian.com /pacific-cod/index.htm (508 words)

	Pacific Cod
		It is similar to the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), coloured brown to grey on the back, lighter on the sides, with a belly shading grey to white, and has the typical chin barbel of the cod.
		Typically 60 centimetres in length with a weight of 2.5 to 3.6 kilograms, the Pacific cod ranges the entire western coast of Canada and is harvested year round by trawls, longlines and pots.
		Atlantic and Pacific cod are often not separately distinguished in the marketplace and are frequently used interchangeably; however, Pacific cod has a moisture content a little higher than that of Atlantic cod, making it less firm.
	atn-riae.agr.ca /seafood/mini_pacific_cod-e.htm (187 words)

	Seafood Market Bulletin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Pacific cod seasons around the state are opening for the 2006 season this month.
		Pacific cod is experiencing a strong period in the marketplace, fed by worldwide cod supply shortages and increased acceptance of Pacific cod as an alternative to its Atlantic cousin in European markets.
		Worldwide farmed cod production grew more than fifteen-fold from 2000 to 2003 alone, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, to 5.6 million pounds (2003 is the last year for which worldwide data is available).
	www.alaskaseafood.org /fishingprocessing/seafoodweb_jan06/stories/paccod.html (669 words)

	Cod
		Cod is a general term that includes a large family of fish.
		Atlantic cod, the mainstay of the New England fishery, is a lean, sweet fish, available fresh, or dried as salt cod, sometimes called bacalao.
		Pacific cod, also known as true cod, is caught in Pacific waters from California to Alaska and is often sold as frozen fillets.
	www.maxlabs.com /hn/Food_Guide/Cod.htm (1254 words)

	Definition of Pacific cod
		In Northwest Pacific catches of Pacific cod by the [[USA]] trawl fishery and joint-venture fi...
		19: The '''sleepy cod''' (''Oxyeleotris lineolatus'') is a medium-sized...
		cod''' (''Gadus ogac''), known variously as rock cod, ogac and uvac is a commercially harvested food f...
	www.wordiq.com /search/Pacific_cod.html (710 words)

	Pacific Seafood Group
		Cod is the king of whitefish, a species over which wars have been fought and trading fortunes made for hundreds of years.
		Salt cod remains a staple food in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Brazil, while fresh and frozen cod, is widely consumed throughout North America, Europe and Japan, where its flaky white flesh has an almost universal appeal.
		Off the West Coast, where Pacific cod is often called “true cod” or “gray cod” or “P-cod,” less than 1,000 tons of cod are caught each year as a bycatch in the trawl fisheries for rockfish and flatfish.
	www.pacseafood.com /products/cod.html (915 words)

	ScubaNaked.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Pacific cod has a barbel as long as the diameter of the eye while the Pacific tomcod has a barbel that is less than one half the diameter of the eye.
		The Pacific tomcod is a member of the true cod family.
		Pacific tomcod are occasionally taken by recreational anglers in central and northern California.
	www.scubanaked.com /fish/pacifictomcod.html (233 words)

	Pacific cod : Information and resources about Pacific cod : School Work Guru
		The Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) is an important commercial food species.
		It has three separate dorsal fins, and the catfish-like whiskers on it lower jaw.
		A bottom dweller, it is mainly found mainly along the continental shelf and upper slopes with range around the rim of the North Pacific Ocean, from the Yellow Sea to the Bering Strait, along the Aleutian Islands, and south to about Los Angeles, up to the depths of 900 meters.
	www.schoolworkguru.org /encyclopedia/p/pa/pacific_cod.html (232 words)

	Iceland Seafood - Hafnarfjörður
		Pacific cod does not undertake migrations as extensive as the Atlantic species but moves only for short distances, such as to and from the shore, or from one bank to the other within a limited region.
		It should be noted that the abundance of Pacific cod has increased substantially since 1977 as a result of the recruitment of the exceptionally strong year classes for 1977-1978 and the good year classes of 1982 to 1985.
		Pacific cod is often taken incidentally by pollock and flatfish fisheries, and in
	www.is.is /en/species/pacific_cod (619 words)

	[ whollyshift.info \| Pacific cod Resources ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In appearance, it's kin to the Atlantic Cod.
		A foundational dweller, it's form judgment the continental shelf 'n upper slopes with a utmosts nearby the rim of the North Pacific Ocean, from the Yellow Sea to the Bering Strait, the Aleutian Islands, 'n south to about Los Angeles, down to the depths of 900 meters.
		In Northwest Pacific catches of Pacific cod by the USA trawl fishery 'n joint-venture fisheries increased from deficient than 1,000 t in 1979 to basically 91,000 t in 1984 'n reached 430 196 t in 1995.
	www.whollyshift.info /Pacific_cod (197 words)

	Alaska Journal of Commerce Online
		Pacific cod harvests from Alaska are in strong demand in the marketplace, thanks to worldwide shortages of the fish and acceptance of Pacific cod in European markets.
		Pacific cod, for which the season opened in January, is being accepted in European markets as an alternative to its Atlantic cousin, and exports of cod species from the United States have increased accordingly, writes Juneau economist Chris McDowell in the latest Seafood Market Bulletin for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Association.
		The demand for Pacific stock is helped by Atlantic cod stocks in the United States and Canada continuing to suffer from serious biological shortages and corresponding limitations to commercial fisheries, McDowell said.
	www.alaskajournal.com /stories/031206/coa_20060311027.shtml (616 words)

	Pacific Cod - A threatened species (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The cod which is an extremely valuable white fish is now facing a major down slide.
		If the future of the cod industry is to be salvaged, a complete fishing ban is to be imposed in certain areas.
		As and when Atlantic cod catch is unavailable, it is made up by catches of Pacific cod.
	www.siamcanadian.com /pacific-cod/species.htm (365 words)

	WWF - First cod fishery receives MSC certificate
		Pacific cod is distributed from California to well north in the Bering Sea, west along the Aleutians and south along the Asian coast to northern Japan.
		The freezer longline Pacific cod fishery in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska has become the first cod fishery to obtain MSC certification for being sustainable and well-managed.
		The Pacific cod certification follows the announcement earlier this week by Walmart that it will purchase all of its wild-caught fresh and frozen fish for the North American market from MSC-certified fisheries within the next three to five years, further increasing global demand for certified fish.
	www.panda.org /news_facts/newsroom/news/index.cfm?uNewsID=59360 (493 words)

	Foodservice Products (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Alaska Cod is perfectly complemented by a vast array of sauces, herbs, spices and coatings.
		Alaska Pollock and Pacific Cod are both members of the cod family (Gadidae) of fishes, and are related to Atlantic Cod.
		Most vessels fishing for pollock and cod are required by U.S. federal law to carry independent scientific observers on board who record the location, amount, species composition, and other data about the catches, and they report the data to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), which enforces federal fisheries regulations.
	www.alaskaseafood.org /foodservice/whitefish_cod.htm (324 words)

	Larger Fishes: Pacific Cod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) is a schooling species found near soft or gravel bottoms mostly between 45 m and 275 m.
		in PWS was derived by multiplying the mean PWS catches from 1994 to 1996 by the mean exploitable biomass/catch ratio of Pacific cod from the greater Gulf of Alaska management region for that time period (TABLE 45).
		Note that 12.5% of the prey of Pacific cod is fishery discards.
	www.fisheries.ubc.ca /Projects/PWSound/AlaskaEco/PWSPOSTS/PWSREP38.HTM (205 words)

	KodiakDailyMirror.com :: Daily newspaper of Kodiak, Alaska
		The Alaska Board of Fisheries established a Pacific cod fishery in state waters, west of 170 degrees West longitude, of the Aleutian Islands District at their meeting in Ketchikan Feb. 20 through 26.
		The fishery opens on or after March 15, at the conclusion of the initial parallel catcher-vessel trawl fishery for Pacific cod in the federal Bering Sea-Aleutian Island area.
		All Pacific cod taken must be retained, and any overage must be immediately reported to the department, with proceeds from the overage forfeited to the state.
	www.kodiakdailymirror.com /?pid=19&id=2760 (320 words)

	Cod, Pacific Profile
		Pacific cod is very similar to Atlantic cod.
		The harvesting of Pacific cod increased as the harvest of Atlantic cod decreased.
		Pacific cod has since replaced much of the seafood niche originally created by the Atlantic cod.
	www7.taosnet.com /platinum/data/light/species/codpacific.html (155 words)

	R4 - Pacific Cod Tagging in the Gulf of Alaska
		Pacific Cod Tagging in the Gulf of Alaska
		Most cod were recovered quite close to where they were released, with about ¼ recovered within 5 km of the release site, and ¾ recovered within 25 km.
		Some cod did travel over 500 kms, notably from the Shumagin Islands to Kodiak Island, and from the Shumagin Islands into the Bering Sea.
	www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us /region4/finfish/grndfish/codtagging.php (217 words)

	Bethel Census Area: Pacific Cod
		Pacific cod is harvested through a number of gear types including trawl, hook and line, and pots.
		In 1994 and 1997, Pacific cod was retained in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska by a vessel owned by a Bethel Census Area resident.
		A review of the Pacific cod CDQ allocations is here.
	dced.state.ak.us /dca/AEIS/Bethel/Seafood/Bethel_Seafood_PacificCod.htm (199 words)

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