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Gadus morhua, Atlantic cod : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish

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Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758

Atlantic cod
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Greenland country information

Common names: Kabliau, Saarullik, Saraudlik
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Muus, B., F. Salomonsen and C. Vibe, 1990
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs from Cape Farewell to Disko and Angmagssalik. There has been great fluctuations in abundance. The Fisheries Research Institute of Greenland makes annually surveys (Ref. 9926); Reported from Chesapeake Bay (Ref. 27549, 93252). Also Ref. 9925.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gl.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Morue de l'Atlantique, Bacalao del Atlántico, 大西洋鳕, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
Etymology: Gadus: Latin, gadus = a fish, cod? (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 600 m (Ref. 1371), usually 150 - 200 m (Ref. 54441).   Temperate; 0°C - 15°C; 83°N - 35°N, 76°W - 86°E (Ref. 1371)

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