Where does the Atlantic cod live?

Gadus morhua has 2,635,654 records in 54 countries and territories, from 1520 to 2026. Most records come from Canada.

2,635,654 records
54 places
300 years recorded
— class

AnimaliaChordataGadiformesGadidaeGadus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
Canada	2,160,538
Belgium	121,417
Poland	95,275
United States	61,281
United Kingdom	45,741
Norway	31,558
Denmark	23,707
Latvia	23,527
Sweden	21,318
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	20,926
Netherlands	12,580
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,057
Germany	2,558
Russia	1,750
Iceland	1,588
Greenland	1,216
Ireland	751
France	384
Estonia	319
Lithuania	242
Isle of Man	128
ZZ	90
Australia	86
Faroe Islands	84
Finland	59
Antarctica	21
Kiribati	21
American Samoa	20
Bahamas	16
Tokelau	15
Italy	13
New Zealand	12
Portugal	7
US Virgin Islands	6
Spain	5
Åland Islands	2
Czechia	2
Mexico	2
Niue	2
Bermuda	1

Showing the top 40 of 54 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Gadidae.

Haddock

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.