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===Size=== Murray cod are large fish, with adult fish regularly reaching {{convert|80|β|100|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length. Murray cod are capable of growing well over {{convert|1|m|ft|abbr=on}} in length and the largest on record was over {{convert|1.8|m|ft|abbr=on}} and about {{convert|113|kg|lb|abbr=on}} in weight.<ref name="McDowall1996"/><ref name="Rowland1989"/><ref name="Rowland2005"/> Large breeding fish are rare in most wild populations today due to overfishing.<ref name=kearney&kildea2001> {{Cite book | last = Kearney | first = R. E. |author2=Kildea, M. A. | title = The status of Murray cod in the Murray-Darling Basin. | publisher = Department of Environment and Heritage (DEH) | year = 2001 | url = http://www.environment.gov.au/water/publications/mdb/murray-cod.html | access-date = 2007-10-03 }} </ref><ref name=NSW.Fish.unpubl.data> {{Citation | publisher = NSW Fisheries | title = [unpublished data]}}</ref><ref name=Nicol-et-al2005> {{cite conference | first = S. | last = Nicol |author2=Todd, C. |author3=Koehn, J. D. |author4=Lieschke, J. | title = How can recreational angling regulations meet the multiple objectives for the management of Murray cod populations? | book-title = Management of Murray cod in the MDB. Statements, recommendations and supporting papers. Workshop, 3β4 June 2004, Canberra | year = 2005}}</ref><ref name=Stuart&Koehn2007> {{cite journal | last = Stuart | first = I. |author2=Koehn, J. D. | title = Big cod do breed | journal = Freshwater Fishing Magazine | volume = 85 | pages = 62β64 | year = 2007 }} </ref>
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