Dictionary of Ichthyology |
cod = Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua (Gadidae), a former mainstay of the fisheries and cultural life in eastern Canada and in Europe with many terms associated with its fishery. |
Cod fishing on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in the nineteenth century. From Whymper's "The Fisheries of the World", 1883. Photograph by Brian W. Coad. |