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The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) is an intergovernmental organization with a mandate to provide scientific advice and management of fisheries in the northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean. NAFO is headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The Atlantic fishery abruptly collapsed in 1993, following overfishing since the late-1950s, and an earlier partial collapse in the 1970s. [1] It is expected to recover to historical, sustainable levels by 2030.
The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre is a Government of Canada research facility and office complex located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is primarily used by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
The northwest Atlantic cod has been regarded as heavily overfished throughout its range, resulting in a crash in the fishery in the United States and Canada during the early 1990s. Newfoundland's northern cod fishery can be traced back to the 16th century.
Alfred Walker Holinshead Needler CM OBE FRSC (1906 – 4 September 1998) was a Canadian scientist, administrator, diplomat and statesman.Alfred Needler was instrumental in establishing research for estimating large migratory marine fish populations from small samples, as well as making contributions toward Canada's participation in the International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic ...
"Article: Craig Pendleton, coordinating director of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA), a fisheries group from Saco, Maine, presented a check for $25,000 to Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) executive director William Walker at a ceremony last month in Gulfport.(People to Watch)". The Mississippi Business Journal.
The nascent Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization, which was organised after the 1977 EEZ declarations to co-ordinate conservation efforts in Canada, the United States, and member nations in both Western and Eastern Europe also declared a ban, but it was implemented too late to be effective.
Institute of Ocean Sciences in British Columbia, operated by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Maurice Lamontagne Institute in Mont Joli, Quebec, operated by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Fisheries and Marine Institute; Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and ...