Cod a-plenty?

My husband and I just returned home after a week’s holiday in your spectacularily beautiful province. We should have spent much longer as there is so much to see and do, and we would highly recommend it to anyone! Newfoundlanders are incredibly friendly and hospitable and we always felt safe and secure.

We ate delicious cod nearly every day and then started to wonder, who is catching the cod?

We made a point of asking the opinions of fishermen in the various harbours if the cod is still scarce.

Granted, this is far from a random sample, but all stated that the cod is plentiful and they can’t understand why the moratorium is still in existence. Cod is on all the restaurant menus but we can’t remember seeing cod on a menu in Nova Scotia for at least 20 years. We understand there is a lawful bycatch, but surely this wouldn’t account for the obvious abundant supply.

In the wise, immortal words of Bob in a small village, “something is going on.”

Indeed, what is going on in Newfoundland with respect to the cod? As loyal, friendly neighbours, we’re just wondering.

Patricia Hawes and Jim Wolford

Wolfville, N.S.

Derrick: - July 30, 2012 at 18:43:15

PLEASE Newfoundlanders " not one bit of facts are in the comment, just what one person thinks about the cod stock and what one person thinks about the agreement with the EU.

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Anon: - July 30, 2012 at 17:58:24

The cod is said to be plentiful by people who are not old to remember when it actually was plentiful. It's relatively plentiful compared to the late early 90's, but the cod moretoreum has only been 20 years.

PLEASE Newfoundlanders and Labradorians become more cognizant of our most important natural resource, FISH.: - July 30, 2012 at 10:38:44

Ms. Patricia Hawes and Mr. Jim Wolford you asked a great question on what is going on in the fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador given the fact the Cod is plentiful. Well, in my opinion, the CETA Trade Agreement (Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement) touted to be signed off on by Canada, according to the Council of Canadians, with the European Union, where the 27 countries of the EU will be allowed to come up to the wharves of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians and Atlantic Canadians in general to fish under the same rules as Canadians... could very well be the reason for this. In my opinion the Cod biomass is being built up, not for the fishers of Newfoundland and Labrador since they have already being ousted from the fishery by Ottawa through the low allotment of fish resource, but so that it will be worthwhile to the EU to sign off on some very important Trade Agreements with Canada to enable Canada to trade its surplus Agriculture and Manufactured Goods produced in Central Canada.

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