Biology 2485B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Exclusive Economic Zone, Atlantic Cod, Groundfish
23 Feb 2018
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Central case: the collapse of the cod fisheries. Food from the sea textbook notes pg. 352-354 & 371-377: europeans exploring the coast of north america 500 years ago found such an abundance of atlantic cod. In 1977, canada exercised its legal rights to the waters 200 nautical miles from the shore, the exclusive. Economic zone (eez) was established: catches began to dwindle in the 1980s, by 1992, fisheries minister john crosbie announced a two-year ban on commercial cod fishing off. Lots of fishers and processing-plant workers lost their jobs: by 1994, the cod stock had not rebounded, so the government extended the moratorium, enacted bans on all other major cod fisheries. In 1997-1998, canada partially reopened some fisheries, but data shows that stocks were not recovering. In april 2003, the cod fishers were closed altogether, even for recreational fishing and newfoundland and. Across the us borders: cod stocks also had collapsed in the gulf of maine and georges banks.
