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Pacific cod can't rely on coastal safe havens for protection during marine heat waves

Pacific cod, a popular choice for fish and chips, is the second-largest commercial groundfish fishery off the coast of Alaska. The 2022 commercial harvest totaled 403 million pounds and was valued at ...
Alaska Public Media

BBNC to acquire two giants of Alaska's Pacific cod fishery

Clipper Seafoods and Blue North Fisheries are freezer longline catchers, two giants of the Pacific cod industry. Clipper has six hook and line vessels, and after retiring one of its vessels, Blue ...
Alaska Public Media

The Pacific cod fishery likely started a decade earlier than previously thought

Photo of Popof Island, Alaska taken in 1905. It’s considered to be the state’s first codfish shore station. (University Of Washington Libraries/Freshwater And Marine Image Bank) The Pacific cod ...
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Marine heat waves trigger shift in hatch dates and early growth of Pacific cod

Marine heat waves appear to trigger earlier reproduction, high mortality in early life stages and fewer surviving juvenile Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska, a new study shows. These changes in the ...
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Pacific cod can’t rely on coastal safe havens for protection during marine heat waves, OSU study finds

During recent periods of unusually warm water in the Gulf of Alaska, young Pacific cod in near shore safe havens where they typically spend their adolescence did not experience the protective effects ...