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Seafood Watch - Seafood Guide
Cod, Atlantic
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Atlantic Cod
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Scrod, Whitefish
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Iceland, Northeast Arctic
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Non-trawled
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Atlantic Cod
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Scrod, Whitefish
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U.S. Atlantic
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Wild-caught
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Pacific Cod
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Alaska Cod, True Cod, Grey Cod
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Alaska
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Longline, Jig, Trap
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Pacific Cod
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Alaska Cod, True Cod, Gray Cod
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U.S. Pacific
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Trawled
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Pacific Cod
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Alaska Cod, True Cod, Gray Cod
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Imported Pacific
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Longline, Trawled
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Atlantic Cod
“Avoid” Atlantic cod from North America. Decades of severe overfishing has resulted in massive population declines. Scientists agree that we’re now fishing the last 10% of this population and that the population may never fully recover.
Summary
Atlantic cod is one of several species that are called “groundfish”, referring to the fact that they live on the seafloor. Cod are deep water fish, living at depths to 1,312 feet (400 meters) on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Fishermen often catch cod with bottom trawl gear, which involves dragging large nets across the seafloor. Trawling damages marine habitats and produces unwanted bycatch.
For centuries, north Atlantic cod populations were one of the world’s largest and most reliable fisheries. However, overfishing threatens to bring that to an end. Despite strict management in the U.S. and Canada in recent years, cod remains overfished with some populations so low in number that they are listed as endangered or threatened.
While most cod populations in the northeast Atlantic are in extremely poor condition, Icelandic and Barents Sea cod are an exception. These fisheries don’t use habitat damaging trawling gear and have relatively higher numbers of cod remaining. As a result, cod from these fisheries are ranked as “Good Alternatives.”
Recipe Alternatives
Striped bass, white seabass and Pacific cod are your "Best Choices."
Scientific Reports About Our Ratings
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