Taking stock: What do you think will become of places like Trepassey?

A collection of clips of the views and interviews from along the Irish Loop, for The Telegram's "Taking Stock" series. The series is recalling the cod moratorium and the years since, considering what the next 20 years might hold.

Published on June 30, 2012; Published on June 30, 2012

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Topics :: Trepassey

The Telegram’s series on the anniversary of the cod moratorium continues today and focuses on how the southern part of the Irish Loop has fared.

You can find that story in our print and e-edition.

Online, there is video featuring people from the area, a photo gallery and an audio clip of John Crosbie recalling a meeting with the people of Trepassey after the plant there closed in 1991.

Plus, to get a better sense of the population shift that’s resulted, check out these telling graphics.

As part of this series, we’d like your thoughts on the aftermath of the moratorium and your photos of the cod fishery or your community.

You can leave a comment below, and send pictures to telegram@thetelegram.com.

Also, to view detailed graphic of population impact of the moratorium, CLICK HERE!

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robert maloney

- July 1, 2012 at 22:46:21

i remember the inshore fishery, the emergence from motor boats to longliners if anyone thinks overfishing killed off the cod they ignore science. the change in temperature of the water is the most likely cause. i also remember that cod sold for nine cents a pound while in the states cod sold for 1.25 The merchants who would order fish dumped were out and out thieves. The fisherman were at the mercy of these men i will not name names between the makeups on gear and fuel . It was debt and greed that made fishing a hardship.

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H Jefford

- June 30, 2012 at 10:24:30

I think that the fish quota should be given back to the fishermen, in the small fishing ports all around the island that fished those small harbours or bays for years, those people fished these grounds for years. Then the they started Fishery Products International (FBI), a Company that was started to collect and market their fish. FBI had the richest fish market in the world, when FBI was sold, they sold the fishery. Those fishing fleets do not need fish plants, as can be seen in Grand Bank. Who would think that the fish plant in Grand Bank, the richest fishing grounds in the world would not be open and people would have to leave their homes to go to the mainland of Canada looking for work .

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- Robert
  
  - June 30, 2012 at 18:59:06
  
  As a boy growing up I spent most of my summer days in Trinity Bay. I can recall days of boats full of fish; it was a good time to be around a wharf! But also as a young boy I saw and ponderd terrible abuse of "our" resource. I saw full boat loads of fish dumped because fish plants could take no more fish so why in the world was this fish caught in the 1 st place? I also recall being able scull a punt perhaps a kilometer along the shore and dip up many hundreds of tomcods that had been thrown away because they weren't worth the effort to bring in and gut. I was able to salt these fish and had a ready market for rounders in St. John's and I made good money selling them. I don't know how many kilometers there are around this island but if these numbers of tomcods were being lost every day around the island it had to have an impact on cod stocks. All this was pure waste and it was done by the very fisherman who found blame with everyone but themselves. In my opinion the cod stocks will never return until these people accept their share of the responsibility. Even today these people I would speculate are the very ones who would poach the last fish in the ocean.

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