Common names: Polar cod, Polyarnaya treska, Saika
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Importance: commercial | Ref: Morrow, J.E., 1980
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Migrates inshore to spawn. Forms large aggregations in the coastal waters and river mouths (Northern Dvina, Pesha and Indiga river (Ref. 26334). The commercial catch mostly used for animal food (Ref. 27547). Also Ref. 1371, 6793, 123027. Barents, Pechora, Kara, Leptev and East-Siberian seas (Ref. 117985).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
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