Atlantic Tomcod (Microgadus tomcod)

Habitat	-Marine specie that regularly enters brackish freshwaters during spawning migrations -Never strays from shore
Reproduction	-Spawning takes place in early winter or midwinter -A female can deposit 6,000-30,000 eggs, depending on her size -At about 2-4°C eggs are hatched in 52 days
Growth	-On hatching, the young drift downstream and will attain lenghts of about 60-90 mm after the first summer -Life expectancy is no more than 4 years

Source: Scott W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic Fishes of Canada, University of Toronto Press

Atlantic Tomcod in the Petitcodiac River Watershed

• Eliminated from the system