DFO has a new plan for northern cod stocks. It doesn't include more fishing

DFO has a new plan for northern cod stocks. It doesn't include more fishing

By Lindsay Bird

Source: CBC News

12/31/2020

Decades after the moratorium on cod fishing, the federal government has quietly released its vision to rebuild the northern cod stocks in Newfoundland and Labrador's waters — a plan that hasn't gone unnoticed and uncritiqued by the province's fisheries union.

The rebuilding plan, made public with little fanfare on Dec. 21 after years in development, outlines the Department of Fisheries and Ocean's objectives to boost fish numbers and the management techniques it intends to use to measure any progress starting in 2021.

Northern cod numbers have ticked upwards since the 1992 moratorium brought harvesting and processing to a screeching halt. A small stewardship fishery now exists, with 1,865 licence holders allotted a maximum harvest of around 12,000 tonnes of cod in 2020.

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