Ocean advocates call for closure of capelin fishery in N.L.

Ocean advocates call for closure of capelin fishery in N.L.

Source: national observer

4/29/2024

Credit: Pixabay

Looking at travel ads for Newfoundland and Labrador, you may come across a photo or two of a puffin or a whale with small silver fish hanging out of their mouths. Those are capelin — an oily and quick-growing species that are a fundamental part of the North Atlantic Ocean food chain and ecosystem. They’re also overfished, and without proper action, scientists worry the stock could face extinction.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) estimates capelin numbers today are about six per cent of what the population was before the stock began to collapse in the 1990s. That number isn’t sustainable, and an immediate shutdown of the fisheries is the only option that could allow the fish to recover, said Robert Rangeley, a marine biologist and Oceana Canada’s science director.

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