Atlantic Cod

• Environment commissioner warns Canada failing to protect commercially valuable fish

  The audit looked at nine fish, five of which have significant commercial value. In all five cases, Fisheries and Oceans Canada didn’t list those five as being species at risk.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2022
  
• One year closure of commercial cod fishery in northern Gulf of St. Lawrence

  The Fish, Food and Allied Workers union says it is deeply disappointed with the one-year closure and says it hurts a struggling region.

  Environment

  Jul 4, 2022
  
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• Audit finds Canada’s fisheries in decline, says response lacks urgency

  A new report urges Ottawa to finalize regulations setting timelines and targets for rebuilding critically depleted stocks,

  Economy

  Nov 13, 2019
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• Seals could hunt Atlantic cod to extinction in some waters. Only culling can help: study

  Overfishing can't explain the Atlantic cod's march to extinction in the southern Gulf. But grey seals can.

  Environment

  Aug 22, 2019