Close the commercial cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador

By reopening the commercial fishery, Fisheries and Oceans Canada has given access to industrial offshore trawlers, which have devastating impacts on the health of the resource.

Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier. The Government of Canada must immediately reverse its decision to reopen the northern cod commercial fishery and re-implement a stewardship fishery, writes Abe Solberg. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ABE SOLBERG

July 15, 2024

Last week, the Canadian government announced the re-opening of the northern cod commercial fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador, ending a 32-year moratorium and introducing a new era for Canada’s most iconic fishery. The decision was celebrated by politicians acr...

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