The cod in this necklace was caught by Elizabeth in Alaska.

Pacific cod live for 20 years or less. They can grow up to 6 feet in length. Females are able to reproduce when they’re 4 or 5 years old, when they are between 1.6 and 1.9 feet long. Pacific cod spawn from January to May on the continental shelf edge and upper slope in waters 330 to 820 feet deep. Females can produce more than 1 million eggs when they spawn. Pacific cod school together and move seasonally from deep outer and upper continental shelf areas (where they spawn) to shallow middle-upper continental shelf feeding grounds. They feed on clams, worms, crabs, shrimp, and juvenile fish.

Salty Sisters Designs is a collaborative product of family, friends and fishermen all over the world. We offer sustainable jewelry using fish skin leather. Each piece is unique, and all fish are ethically caught, hand-cut, cured and designed. No two pieces are alike, and no fish is caught for the sole purpose of the skin.