Fishing Species
Atlantic Cod Fish Species Information
Atlantic Cod bigfishtackle PM
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| Scientific Fish Name: | Gadus morhua |
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| Regions Fished: | In the western Atlantic Ocean cod has a distribution north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and round both coasts of Greenland; in the eastern Atlantic it is found from the Bay of Biscay north to the Arctic Ocean, including the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, |
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| Additional Information: | Atlantic Cod grow to two metres (6 1/2 feet) in length and weigh up to 96 kilos. It can live for 25 years and sexual maturity is generally attained between ages 2 to 4[1], but can be as late as 8 years. |