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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.
The four one-hour episodes follow two families as they return to a lost way of life in a remote fishing village in Hay Cove, Newfoundland. In simple wooden homes with only the tools, clothing, and supplies of 1937, five adults and five children lived under a mercantile system and needed to rely on cod fishing for their sustenance and survival.
It aired on Discovery Channel Canada for 34 episodes and 4 seasons from 2014 to 2017. The show was filmed in Newfoundland and tells the story of six local captains and their crews. Outside Canada the show is known as Cold Water Gold (National Geographic UK [2] and international) [3] [4] and Cold Water Captains (The Weather Channel).
The Grand Banks of Newfoundland are a group of underwater plateaus south-east of Newfoundland on the North American continental shelf. These areas are relatively shallow, ranging from 15 to 91 metres (50 to 300 ft) in depth. The cold Labrador Current mixes with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream here, often causing extreme foggy conditions. [1]
The following is a list of episodes of the Canadian documentary series, Land and Sea, broadcast in Newfoundland and Labrador on CBC Television outlet CBNT-DT. NOTE: This guide is a work in progress and changes will be made when more accurate information becomes available.
With the absence of foreign fishing, many Canadian and U.S fishing trawlers took their place, and the number of cod kept diminishing past a point of recovery. [12] Many local fishers noticed the drastic decrease of cod and tried to inform local government officials. [citation needed] In a 1978 white paper, the Newfoundland government stated: [15]
CODCO is a Canadian comedy troupe from Newfoundland, best known for a sketch comedy series which aired on CBC Television from 1988 to 1993. [1] Founded as a theatrical revue in 1973, [1] CODCO drew on the province's cultural history of self-deprecating "Newfie" humour, frequently focusing on the cod fishing industry. The troupe's name was an ...
Battle Harbour (Inuttitut: Putlavak) [1] is a summer fishing station, formerly a permanent settlement, located on the Labrador coast in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Battle Harbour was for two centuries the economic and social centre of the southeastern Labrador coast.