#104 of 140 articles from the Special Report: Food Insider Only 293,000 sockeye salmon returned to the Fraser River last year; an uncomfortable echo of the Newfoundland cod collapse. New federal rules aim to prevent similar disasters. Photo by Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Dept. of Interior In 1992, Canadians watched in horror as Newfoundland’s once-thriving cod stocks collapsed, leaving thousands without jobs and ecosystems transformed. Yet despite the horror, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has not been legally required to rebuild depleted fish stocks even as others, including the iconic salmon runs in B.C., have hit historic lows. That soon might change.