logo
[Log In]
Find us on
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
Skip Navigation Links
logo 9/29/2024 4:16:52 AM     
Fish still missing, traditions extinct 30 years after N.L. cod moratorium 
By Ryan Cooke CA Source: CBC News 7/2/2022
Ryan Cooke
Credit: Brett Favaro, Marine Institute		 John Williams wishes he could say the cod moratorium of 1992 feels like it was yesterday.

But after losing his livelihood and reinventing himself a few times over, he's felt every one of the past 30 years.

Williams was one of about 30,000 people put out of work when the federal government brought an end to the northern cod fishery on July 2, 1992. It's a date that still stirs up feelings from a solemn and desperate chapter in Newfoundland and Labrador's history.
 

"It was a pretty sad time to know that you weren't going to go fishing anymore," Williams said.

"At the time I had three kids, and they had to be fed, go to school, and be clothed. It was tough."

It doesn't help Williams that he's constantly reminded of his small role in history — being the person who prompted former Fisheries Minister John Crosbie to utter some of his most famous words.

  
Atlantic cod Continue...
News Id SourceStampcountry
5251Northern Harvest's failure to report die-off in salmon pens hurts public trust: ByrneCBC News2019-09-24CA
5252Runoff from Dorian may impact fish spawning in N.B. riversGlobal News2019-09-23CA
5253Man catches dinosaur fish in Norway. Viral pic will shock youNew Delhi2019-09-18NO
5254Boat, 26 chinook salmon seized amid allegations of overfishing off B.C. coastGlobal News2019-09-13CA
5255Guelph police chase down 'modern-day Tom Sawyer' who cut class to go fishingCBC News2019-09-19CA
5256Beware of Russian… fish? UK tabloids raise alarm over pink salmon ‘invasion’RT2019-09-06RU
5257Cochrane man takes double gold for fly fishingcochrane times2018-08-30CA
5258Newly discovered eel delivers the strongest electric jolt on recordPlants & Animals2019-09-10BR
52591,000 salmon escaped a farm near the Canada-U.S. borderCTV News2019-09-15CA
5260UK vessels illegally threw away 7,500 tons of cod in North Sea, campaigners sayindependent2019-03-11UK
5261Eight million salmon killed in a week by sudden surge of algae in Norwayindependent2019-05-22NO
5262Chicago water pollution may be keeping invasive silver carp out of Great Lakesscience daily2019-08-09US
5263NOAA Fisheries Declares Unusual Mortality Event Due to Elevated Strandings of Ice Seals in the ArcticNOAA2019-09-12US
5264Hunting And Fishing To Expand On 77 National Wildlife Refuges, Including 10 In The PNWJefferson Public Radio2019-09-11US
5265Whaley Bridge: What happened to Toddbrook Reservoir's fish?BBC News2019-08-11UK
5266Advocates sound alarm on unfolding disaster in B.C. salmon fishing industryThe Canadian Press2019-09-09CA
5267Video: Angler catches monster muskie at Belle River marinaWindsor Star2015-11-15CA
5268‘Unsafe’ levels of antibiotics found in rivers in 72 countriesfrance242019-05-27CA
5269'The fish can't get through': Tsilhqot'in issues salmon closure notice after Big Bar landslideCBC News2019-09-03CA
5270Рыбак в Томской области выловил гигантскую щукуTB-22019-09-03RU
5271Salmon can now be transported around Fraser River landslide by truck, officials sayThe Canadian Press2019-09-03CA
5272Squamish River pink salmon fishery should be closed, say local conservationistsCBC News2019-09-02CA
5273Battling the tench fish invasion: 'Like Game of Thrones under water'montreal gazette2019-08-31CA
5274Ocean Choice International off the hook for illegal fishing chargeCBC News2019-08-29CA
5275Red Deer to remove invasive goldfish infestation from pondCBC News2019-08-29CA
◀ ← ♠ 215 216 217 → ▶ 210 of [218 - pages.]
© MB Co 2017-2024. All rights reserved. Developed by S@Shishkina