The difference between cod and scrod 6 Articles

by Frank Lavoine

Cod is a fish sometimes over 60 pounds. As a boy during the early 1970s, I once nabbed a 45-pounder. As far as scrod, four years ago I caught a 6-pounder. Both were hauled in from the Atlantic Ocean. Nevertheless, my fishm...read more

by Casey Camp

I love fish and have never known how complex the system for naming fishes and animals...really how complicated the English language could be, until I looked up scod and cod in my Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (1...read more

by Joseph Hazelbaker

The difference between "cod" and "scrod" is the same as the difference between "Sam" and "boy". Cod is the name for a group of three fish species found in cold ocean waters. Scrod is a general term describing young cod o...read more

by Derek R. Snow

There is no such fish as a Scrod but Cod fish are tasty whitefish from the same family (Gadidae) who live in two distinct neighborhoods of the World's oceans. Gadus morhua Cod live in the North Atlantic and Gadus macrocep...read more

by Pukalolo Palolo

Cod is the name for a species of fish, found mainly along the northeastern coastline of the United States. It is considered a white fish with very little oil, and has a flaky texture. It is also a durable fish, able to be ...read more

by Ted Sherman

There's an old joke about scrod. A young woman walks into a fish store and asks, "Where can I get scrod? The fish salesman replies, "Upstairs in my apartment. But we're pretty busy now, so you'll have to wait until the sto...read more