In 1992, the devestating collapse of the cod stocks off the east coast of Newfoundland forced the Canadian government to take drastic measures and close the fishery. ... An estimated 30 thousand people that had already lost their jobs after the 1992 Northern Cod moratorium took effect, were joined by an additional 12...
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Cod Moratorium--Society, Economy and Culture--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web ... Before the moratorium, Newfoundland and Labrador fishers caught cod in inshore and offshore waters. The inshore fishery was a local industry that took place in the province's coastal waters, while the offshore Grand Banks fishery...
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Economic Impacts of the Cod Moratorium--Society, Economy and Culture--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web ... Fishing for cod, ca. 1905.; The Canadian government imposed a moratorium on the Northern cod fishery on 2 July 1992. The closure ended almost 500 years of fishing activity in Newfoundland and Labrador.
www.heritage.nf.ca/society/moratorium_impacts.html www.heritage.nf.ca/society/moratorium_impacts.html
Northern Cod Moratorium ... Since 1990, a devastating decline in the stock of northern cod off the east coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, due primarily to ecological factors, has reduced the biomass by half and the spawning biomass by three-quarters.
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As the world industrialized, so did fishing, and the cod production from Newfoundland skyrocketed from 300,000 tonnes in 1952 to reach its peak of 810,000 tonnes in 1968. ... In the 1992, a moratorium was announced on commercial cod fishing, putting a massive quota on the number of cod to be caught, and resulting in over 40...
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A furious crowd of fishermen meets John Crosbie on the eve of a moratorium. ... Cod moratorium protested ... The fishermen believe the huge decline in cod off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland is not their fault and blame government mismanagement. Crosbie disagrees, shouting: "I didn't take the fish from the God damned waters."
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Rex Murphy looks at the impact of the cod moratorium on Newfoundland's economy. ... The cod industry had supported rural Newfoundland society and culture for more than 400 years, helping to employ truck drivers to grocery store clerks.
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A grade 6 project on Newfoundland's Cod Moratorium. ... On July 2nd 1992 Mr. John C. Crosbie, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans announced a 2 year Moratorium on the cod of Newfoundland because of the dangerously low cod stocks. This was a very big deal because cod was our provinces biggest reasourse.
www.spebb.k12.nf.ca/disaster/aidenm.htm
a grade 6 resarch project about the newfoundland cod moratorium disaster ... NEWFOUNDLAND COD MORATORIUM DISATE ... My project is on the cod moratorium of Newfoundland.
www.spebb.k12.nf.ca/projects/6W/daniel.html
An Untidy Package sets out to dispel the popular misconception that Newfoundland women weren't major players in the cod fishery before the moratorium, and that the federal compensation they received was only added to their husband's claims to increase their family's allowance.
www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/vol6/no11/untidy.html