Atlantic cod
North Sea fish
Atlantic cod is a large fish of the North Atlantic, historically one of the world's most important commercial species.
Cod fishing shaped the economies of coastal New England, Canada, and northern Europe for centuries.
The fish has firm, mild white flesh: The restaurant serves Atlantic cod with chips.
Overfishing has severely depleted stocks, making what was once a staple now relatively scarce.
Puréed salt cod dip
- fish and chipsFried seafood with potatoes
- chowderThick creamy seafood soup
- saltedTreated with sodium chloride
- driedStripped of moisture
filet · flaky · whitefish · poached · grilled · battered · fried · stockfish
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- Grand BanksSubmerged plateau, rich fishery
- NewfoundlandCanadian Atlantic island province
- salt codCured, dried whitefish
- stockfishAir-dried unsalted fish
Age of Discovery · colonization · trade routes · John Cabot · European markets · fishing fleets · mercantilism · Cape Cod
Net-dragging fishing method
- gillnetsMesh that entangles fish
- longliningMulti-hook commercial fishing method
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
spawning · juveniles · bycatch · quota · moratorium · groundfish · schooling · marine biology
At risk of extinction
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
- depletionReduction of supply
- collapseSudden structural failure
moratorium · recovery · sustainable · regulations · quota · ecosystem · biodiversity · climate change
brandade
Puréed salt cod dip
- fish and chipsFried seafood with potatoes
- chowderThick creamy seafood soup
- saltedTreated with sodium chloride
dried · filet · flaky · whitefish · poached · grilled · battered · fried · stockfish · lutefisk
Vikings
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- Grand BanksSubmerged plateau, rich fishery
- NewfoundlandCanadian Atlantic island province
- salt codCured, dried whitefish
stockfish · Age of Discovery · colonization · trade routes · John Cabot · European markets · fishing fleets · mercantilism · Cape Cod · New England
trawling
Net-dragging fishing method
- gillnetsMesh that entangles fish
- longliningMulti-hook commercial fishing method
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
biomass · spawning · juveniles · bycatch · quota · moratorium · groundfish · schooling · marine biology · ichthyology
endangered
At risk of extinction
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
- depletionReduction of supply
collapse · moratorium · recovery · sustainable · regulations · quota · ecosystem · biodiversity · climate change · habitat
cold water
Figurative enthusiasm killer
- continental shelfSubmerged perimeter of landmass
- seafloorOcean's solid base
- NorwayScandinavian coastal kingdom
Iceland · North Sea · Labrador · kelp · marine · temperate · migratory · coastal · deep water
- Fishing industriesMaine lobster, Pacific salmon, Alaskan crab
- ocean lifeocean, sea, sea creatures, shark, sea life
- sea lifeshark, whale, dolphin, salmon, jellyfish
- seafoodfish, shrimp, crab, lobster, salmon
- Atlantic OceanGulf Stream, Bermuda Triangle, Sargasso Sea, Azores, Cape Verde
- Atlantic fishhaddock, pollock, pollack, cod, herring
Atlantic codfreshwater fish
Species from unsalted waters
rainbow trout · largemouth bass · catfish · carp · tilapia
Atlantic codtropical fish
Warm-water ornamental species
coral reef fish · mahi-mahi · grouper · snapper · parrotfish
coddle, Atlantic, codfish, cods, coddled, coddling, codling, coddler, North Atlantic