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  2. Cod fishing in Newfoundland - Wikipedia

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    Cod fishing on the Newfoundland Banks. Cod fishing in Newfoundland was carried out at a subsistence level for centuries, but large scale fishing began shortly after the European arrival in 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 1992.

  3. History of Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia

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    Use of three collections of Newfoundland songs [79] demonstrates how by 1930 or so a Newfoundland song culture had replaced earlier cultural traditions. These songs suggest that the island was still a cultural mosaic; some outports were completely Irish, others were West Country, and in a few ethnically mixed communities, including St. John's ...

  4. The Cod Fisheries: The History of an International Economy

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    After the publication of his book The Fur Trade in Canada (1930) Innis turned to a study of an earlier staple — the cod fished for centuries off the eastern coasts of North America. Cod on a 1932 Newfoundland postage stamp. [1] The result was The Cod Fisheries: The History of an International Economy, published 10 years after the fur trade ...

  5. Canada ends cod moratorium in Newfoundland after more than 30 ...

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    Ottawa announced the devastating cod moratorium on July 2, 1992. Cod stocks off the province’s northern and eastern coasts were collapsing, and the moratorium was introduced as a way to help them recover. Before then, the cod fishery was a primary economic driver in the province, and the moratorium put tens of thousands of people out of work.

  6. Cod fisheries - Wikipedia

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    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. "On average, about 300,000 tonnes (330,000 short tons) of cod was landed annually until ...

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

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    ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland (AP) — The Canadian government has ended the Newfoundland and Labrador cod moratorium, which gutted the Atlantic coast province’s economy and transformed its small ...

  8. Ryan Premises - Wikipedia

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    By 1895 James Ryan Ltd exported 100,000 quintals (approximately 5,000,000 kg) of salt cod, approximately 10% of the total for Newfoundland. [4] James Ryan Ltd. exited the fishing industry in 1952 and continued on as a general store until closing in 1978. [2] In 1987, the Ryan Premises at Bonavista were designated as a National Historic Site. [5]

  9. Newfoundland outport - Wikipedia

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    John Cabot visited Newfoundland in 1497; news spread quickly that Cabot had caught cod by simply lowering and lifting a weighted basket. Gaspar Corte-Real of Portugal visited Newfoundland in 1500, and by 1506 the catch from the Grand Banks of Newfoundland encouraged the King of Portugal to impose a ten percent import tariff to protect local ...