Atlantic cod [SEP] IUCN conservation status
vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Lifecycle.
Adult cod form spawning aggregations from late winter to spring. Females release their eggs in batches, and males compete to fertilize them. Fertilized eggs drift with ocean currents and develop into larvae ("fry"). Age of maturation varies between cod stocks, from ages two to four in the west Atlantic, but as late as eight years in the northeast Arctic. Cod can live for 13 years or more.
Taxonomy.
The Atlantic cod
on the Mann and Nymboida Rivers and their tributaries between August and October each year specifically to prevent this.
Conservation status.
Following heavy declines in numbers and distribution, the eastern freshwater cod is currently classified as endangered by the IUCN.
Conservation status Population decline.
Early records show that eastern freshwater cod were extremely abundant in the all parts of the Clarence River system at the time of European settlement. They were so abundant that they were caught "on demand" for diners at one riverside hotel, and were reportedly