Cod fisheries

The Tragedy of the North Atlantic Cod Fisheries In the 1600s, due to the abundance of cod fish in the North Atlantic waters, commercial cod fisheries became one of the foundations of the New England economy (Seelye& Bidgood, 2013). However, as people increasingly relied on fisheries to make lucrative profits, the cod fish population plummeted and the whole business reached its first collapse in the mid 1990s according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA 2014). Since then, government

Atlantic cod: Evolutionary selection for small bodied fish and recovery of fisheries By 1993, the north Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) stock had decreased to less than 5% of what it once was. Unsustainable fishing practices have disrupted Atlantic cods natural physical/biological processes, abundance, and food web. Thus, Atlantic cod have evolved smaller body size in response to fishery-induced evolution, the question arises of whether this evolved trait may affect the recovery of the cod fishery; and

industries for fisheries to catch

In 1992 the Canadian Federal Minster of Fisheries and Oceans, John Crosbie, declared a moratorium on the Northern Cod Fishery. This momentous event had resulted in 40,000 job losses in 5 different Canadian provinces and had required a relief package worth several billion dollars which had been dispersed to the local coastal communities. Since then many economists have been providing various explanations and theories as to what has caused this huge collapse. One theory which can be associated and

translate into thoughts on the environment, and how to sustain the fish. It turned into full-blown overfishing to the point “…that the spawning biomass of Atlantic cod off Newfoundland’s east coast had declined by 99 percent since the 1960s’’ (Davis, 2014, p. 123). This means that knowledge in a sense, isn’t power when it comes to the cod fishery industry in Newfoundland. The knowledge that people obtained colluded with the commons, and people acted in their own self-interest. Conclusively, when one says

Canadian government and the Fishery Products International Company (FPI) as they saw huge profits, and the opportunity to create jobs for fisherman and factory workers alike. However, with continued offshore fishing the inshore fisherman saw significant depletion in the fish population, specifically cod. It took far too long for the government to realize the severity of the issue and when they did it was too late. In 1992 the government announced a complete ban of cod fishing. This resulted in the

non-commercial fishing which depletes a fishery by catching so many adult

| Assignment 2 | The Atlantic Cod Fishery Collapse | | Student Name: Jessica Sativi Meng Houy, Student Number: 062-827-092 | 7/11/2013 | | I. THE MAIN FACTORS LED TO THE COLLAPSE When the words spread about the large size of fishery, fleets from all over the world joined the hunt. Every year, the size of the fleets got bigger and every year, the size of the catch increased. In the late 50s the arrival of large factor ships from other countries hailed the first onslaught to

Save the Cod, Save the Fishing Industry Dating back to the 1600s, Cod fishing has been a major industry in the New England area, with a 5 feet long “Sacred Cod” hanging inside the Massachusetts State House signifying its importance. However, fishermen are now facing an unprecedented low stock of Atlantic cod in the Gulf of Maine, directly impacting marine ecosystem as well as the annual cod landing. In November 2014, regulators from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) were

A fishery by definition, is “the occupation, industry, or season of taking fish or other sea animals (shrimp, squid, clams) and selling them for profit” (Webster Dictionary). Atlantic Cod used to be considered as one of the richest fisheries in the world. Atlantic Cod, scientifically known as,Gadus morhua, are heavily bodied, blunt snouted fish that are typically brown or grayish in color with a series of spots located on their bodies along with a pale lateral line. This species of fish have a schooling