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Q&A | Cod quota ‘pressure is enormous’ on fisheries minister

‘This is an unsafe way to proceed, and puts at risk this really delicate, slow recovery’, says Ocean Canada's Josh Laughren of the Liberal decision to double the northern cod quota.

Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson announced last month the government was increasing the quota from 18,000 to 38,000 tonnes for cod off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

July 21, 2025

The government's decision to more than double the harvest of northern cod is an “unsafe way to proceed,” says Oceana Canada's Josh Laughren.

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