Profile updated on 10 January 2024
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Gadus morhua
SPECIES NAME(s)
Atlantic cod
Two genetic stocks are considered to exist in the Baltic Sea, assessed and managed separately: the western stock (ICES Subdivisions 22-24) is west of the island of Bornholm to the Sound and the Danish Belts and the eastern stock (SD 25-32) is localized east of Bornholm, and adapted to brackish waters. A third one is the Kattegat stock (SD 21) (Bagge et al., 1994; Hüssy, 2011). Mixing of the stocks may be occurring in SD 24 (ICES, 2014a).
Management Quality:
≥ 6
10.0
10.0