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Collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery. 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. [2]
The big, long-lived predator helped feed Europe and North America for centuries. But decades of overfishing in the mid–20th century caused populations to crash, wiping out 30,000 jobs in Canada alone and financially devastating many coastal communities.
The Atlantic cod, a fish that came to symbolize bounty to America's colonial settlers, is on the brink of disappearing, despite years of fishing limits aimed at rebuilding stocks. A new study reveals why: Cod spawning and survival has been hampered by rapid, extraordinary ocean warming in the Gulf of Maine, where sea surface temperatures rose ...
By 1992 it was clear that Atlantic cod was in a desperate situation. The population of spawning-age fish had decreased by 93% in 30 years, and the species was threatened with extinction. The federal government decided drastic measures were needed to preserve the species.
After years of limits on how much Atlantic cod fishers can catch in New England, there's some promising new data on the fish that was central to building the region's economy.
The latest assessment of Atlantic cod stocks, whose collapse crushed the economy of Newfoundland and Labrador, has scientists worried the species will never recover without drastic change...
The Northwest Atlantic cod stocks collapsed in the early 1990s and have yet to recover, despite the subsequent establishment of a continuing fishing moratorium. Efforts to understand the collapse and lack of recovery have so far focused mainly on the dynamics of commercially harvested species.
1992 Cod Fishery Collapse. Newfoundland and Labrador’s traditional fishery based on the production of dried salt cod for markets in Europe, the West Indies, and Brazil has virtually disappeared since the 1940s.
The collapse of the Atlantic cod fishery, and resulting moratorium on cod fishing in 1992, was a devastating blow to the economy of Newfoundland and Labrador — one that could have been avoided, according to a new study.
Here we provide multiple lines of evidence to show that the ongoing demise of the fisheries on Western Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) occurs because this fish stock is beyond a tipping point...