Pacific cod
Americannoun
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Crispy, tender silver salmon, local halibut, and Pacific cod are fried fresh all day long.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025
The researchers found that Pacific cod were hatching earlier during and after the 2014-2016 marine heat wave began, and those earlier hatches continued even when ocean temperatures cooled in 2017 and 2018.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024
Past bottom marine heatwaves have decimated Pacific cod and snow crab populations.
From Reuters • Mar. 13, 2023
Most of the predatory ground fish that are more abundant to the south, like Pacific cod, don’t tolerate those temperatures.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2022
But these pots were outfitted with “trigger” openings designed to keep out most crab and allow the entry of Pacific cod, fat-bellied gray fish, many of which weigh 15 to 20 pounds.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2022
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