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  2. Collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery - Wikipedia

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    The collapse of the northern cod fishery marked a profound change in the ecological, economic, and sociocultural structure of Atlantic Canada. The 1992 moratorium was the largest industrial closure in Canadian history [ 23 ] and was expressed most acutely in Newfoundland, whose continental shelf lay under the region that was the most heavily ...

  3. Cod fisheries - Wikipedia

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    Cod fishing in Newfoundland was carried out at a subsistence level for centuries, but large-scale fishing began shortly after the European discovery of the North American continent in 1492, with the waters being found to be preternaturally plentiful, and ended after intense overfishing with the collapse of the fisheries in the 1990s.

  4. Cod - Wikipedia

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    On July 2, 1992, the Honourable John Crosbie, Canadian Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, declared a two-year moratorium on the Northern Cod fishery, [68] a designated fishing region off the coast of Newfoundland, after data showed that the total cod biomass had suffered a collapse to less than 1% of its normal value. [69]

  5. Canada ends cod moratorium in Newfoundland after more ... - AOL

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    The Fisheries Department announced Wednesday it would reestablish a commercial cod fishery in the province, with a total allowable catch of 18,000 tons for the 2024 season.

  6. Atlantic cod - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic cod (pl.: cod; Gadus morhua) is a fish of the family Gadidae, widely consumed by humans. It is also commercially known as cod or codling. [3] [n 1]In the western Atlantic Ocean, cod has a distribution north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and around both coasts of Greenland and the Labrador Sea; in the eastern Atlantic, it is found from the Bay of Biscay north to the Arctic ...

  7. Collapse of the Northern Cod Fishery - Wikipedia

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  8. Photos: Santa Cruz Wharf collapse

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    (KRON) — A section of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed into the ocean Monday amid pounding waves and an ongoing high surf advisory. Three people went into the water with two having to be rescued ...

  9. Mystery: Cause of death for Koala, a great white shark found ...

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    A necropsy to determine the shark's cause of death was inconclusive, and it had no obvious signs of trauma. Mystery: Cause of death for Koala, a great white shark found on Cape Cod beach Skip to ...