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Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac).
Geographic location
Colder waters and deep sea regions throughout the Northern Atlantic and eastern and western regions of the Pacific ...
Steller sea lions feed on fish such as pollock, flounder, Pacific cod, salmon, rockfish, herring, and sculpin, and invertebrates such as octopus and squid.
Like pollock and Pacific cod, Atka mackerel is an essential prey item for Steller sea lions.
They have a wide and varied diet, and are known to be opportunistic predators on many species of fish, including salmon, pacific cod, pollock, hake, sculpins, squid and octopus.
The Pacific cod is found N of Oregon. The tomcod resembles a young Atlantic cod with long, tapering ventral fins. It rarely exceeds 15 in. (37.5 cm) in length and lives close to shore. There is also a Pacific tomcod.
that target Steller sea lion prey in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska is also a significant factor in population decline. Continued fishing for groundfish at current quotas such as: pollock, Atka mackerel, and Pacific cod, ...
 See also: Cod, Salmon, Shell, Shellfish, Angler
  
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