Atlantic Cod

Gadus morhua (species), “Cod”, “Codling”, “Haberdine”, “Kil'din Cod”

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The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is a benthopelagic fish of the family Gadidae, widely consumed by humans. It is also commercially known as cod or codling. Dry cod may be prepared as unsalted stockfish, and as cured salt cod or clipfish.In the western Atlantic Ocean, cod has a distribution north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and around both coasts of Greenland and the Labrador Sea; in the eastern Atlantic, it is found from the Bay of Biscay north to the Arctic Ocean, including the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Sea of the Hebrides, areas around Iceland and the Barents Sea. The largest individual on record was 1.5 m (5 ft) long and weighed 47 kg (103 lb), but usually the cod is between 60 and 120 cm (24 and 48 in) long and weighs up to 40 kg (88 lb). Males and females are similar in size and…