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Learn how cod fishing influenced American history, from Indigenous peoples to Pilgrims to modern times. Discover how cod was caught, cured, traded, and regulated in the North Atlantic.
Mark Kurlansky's book traces the history of cod fishing and trade from ancient times to the present, exploring how cod shaped European and North American culture and...
Learn about the cod fisheries, the commercial exploitation of cod for food and oil, and the history of cod stocks and overfishing. Find out the distribution and characteristics of Atlantic, Pacific and Greenland cod, and their cultural significance.
Cod is the common name for several fish species in the family Gadidae and related groups. Learn about the characteristics, distribution, ecology, history, and market of cod, as well as the threats to its conservation.
Atlantic cod was fished for a thousand years by north European fishers who followed it across the North Atlantic Ocean to North America. It supported the US and Canada fishing economy until 1992, when the Canadian Government implemented a ban on fishing cod.
The web page explains how the codfish industry in colonial New England was a major factor in the American Revolution. It shows how the British tried to limit the cod trade with the French and the colonies, and how the fishermen and merchants resisted and supported the patriots.
Learn about the biology, habitat, and fishery management of Atlantic cod, a iconic fish of New England. Find out the status of the two U.S. stocks, Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, and how they are rebuilt under a joint plan with Canada.
As early as the sixteenth century, Basque, Portuguese, Breton, and English vessels sailed to the banks off Newfoundland and Labrador to bring a bounty of fish back to the Old World, where cod and other species had already begun disappearing.
The fishing industry of New England has, for over 400 years, been identified both economically and culturally with groundfishing. A mixture of bottom-dwelling fish including cod, haddock, redfish and flounders constitute the groundfish resource.
Learn how cod fishing shaped the colonial economy and culture of New England from Mike Dekker, author and historian. Watch a video presentation and join a Q&A session on July 1, 2021 at 7pm.