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Jenn Thornhill Verma is a journalist and landscape painter from Newfoundland and Labrador now living in Ottawa. In 2019, she published her first book, Cod Collapse: The Rise and Fall of Newfoundland's Saltwater Cowboys, with Nimbus Publishing. She has a MFA (creative nonfiction, University of King's College) and a MSc (medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland). In 2020, she became a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and wrote and co-produced the animated short-fil...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing industry managers are recommending the already-diminished U.S. cod fishery face another reduction in catch limits.

A season of change: How N.L.s wild fisheries have gone from plentiful to pitiful If a comeback is even a remote possibility, we have to give cod and capelin a fighting chance — and we must use the best tools at our disposal, writes Jenn Thornhill Verma. Social Sharing In a remote corner of northern Newfoundland, we got to know the locals — mostly whales, fish and seabirds Posted: May 02, 2021 7:00 AM NT | Last Updated: May 2 Jenn Thornhill Verma says watching the marine life off the coast o...

A new film, released today by McIntrye Media and Canadian Geographic, puts the east coast cod fishery collapse back in the spotlight, nearly three decades later. Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, the animated short film called  Last Fish, First Boat recounts the 1992 cod moratorium, from the perspective of fifth-generation fisherman, Eugene Maloney.  Film synopsis When the cod fishery collapsed, fisherman Eugene Maloney’s livelihood is yanked out from underneath him. All his pride...