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We need a North Pole Marine Reserve to secure a healthy future for Arctic waters (commentary)
The ecological collapse of the Canadian Grand Banks Cod Fisheries is the most famous historical example of a collapse in fish stocks due to overfishing. Not only were cod stocks severely depleted ...
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Endangered Grand Banks cod catch doubles in 2008
The amount of cod caught on the Grand Banks this past year exceeded the 420 tonnes bycatch reduction target set by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) by a wide margin. Halifax, ...
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Fish, Human Health and Marine Ecosystem Health: Policies in Collision
The collapse of the Grand Banks cod stocks off the Newfoundland coast led to closure of the fishery in 1992. Northern cod had been fished sustainably between 1805 and 1950 with an annual yield of ...
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Fisheries regulator relaxed over huge cod bycatch over-run
Making a mockery of its own undertakings, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) implemented no new measures to control cod bycatch despite bycatch levels on the southern Grand Banks ...