Why are Pacific Cod Stocks Crashing?

By Mike Litzow and Alaska Sea Grant staff on Feb 9, 2018   At Sea, Featured, Science/Education  

“The status of Pacific cod is probably the biggest fishery issue facing Kodiak right now, with the quota cut 80 percent for 2018,” said Mike Litzow, a University of Alaska Fairbanks associate professor at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center. Pacific cod stocks have collapsed, possibly because recruitment (production of young fish to enter the […]