Using a new net, marine biologists have, for the first time, been able to catch polar cod directly beneath the Arctic sea ice with a trawl, allowing them to determine their large-scale distribution ...

Polar cod fulfil a key role in the Arctic food web, as they are a major source of food for seals, whales and seabirds alike. But the polar cod themselves might soon be the hungry ones. Polar cod ...

What happens under the Arctic ice cap has largely been hidden from the prying eyes of science. But a new under-ice trawl net has changed that. A recent study published in the journal Polar Biology ...

ABSTRACT: The relationship between the somatic growth rate (G) and feeding level (unfed, intermediate, and maximum rations) of age-0 juvenile cod Gadus morhua and haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus was ...

ABSTRACT: The protection of species requires an understanding of their habitat requirements and how habitat characteristics affect their distribution, survival and growth. This need is especially ...

Marine reserves -- sections of the ocean where fishing is prohibited--promote coral reef sustainability by preventing overfishing and increasing fish abundance and diversity. But to be effective, they ...

There's some good news for those who love a good fish and chips. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has taken the North Sea cod off the organization's "red list" of fish to avoid eating, thanks to ...

BREMERHAVEN, Germany, Oct. 13 (UPI) --Polar cod are a vital food source for whales, narwhals, ringed seals and arctic seabirds, but researchers have had a hard time studying these fish and estimating ...

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Polar cod fulfil a key role in the Arctic food web, as they are a major source of food for seals, whales and seabirds alike.