Cod Quota a Recipe for Disaster for the Future of Canada's
Oceana Canada says increase in quota on critically depleted cod is not based in science...
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Oceana Canada says increase in quota on critically depleted cod is not based in science...
The federal government report shows the stock continues to cling for life in what officials classify as the critical zone, meaning “serious harm is occurring to the stock.” Population growth has been stagnant since 2017, the document says. “Next year will be 30 years since the original moratorium on this stock,” said Robert Rangeley a marine biologist and director of science with Oceana Canada, a non-profit group aimed at protecting the country’s oceans. “It’s time to do something different.” Atlantic cod in the waters off Newfoundland’s northeast coast have been in the crit...
Posted: Mar 17, 2021 6:02 PM NT | Last Updated: March 18 The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is recommending, without specifically referring to a commercial fishery, that the 'lowest possible levels' of capelin be removed from the ecosystem, as the latest scientific assessment paints a grim picture of the stock's health.(Submitted by Noel Mullaly)