Mark Kurlanksy

The World

The Fish That Changed the World

The Canadian Parliament recently banned all commercial and recreational fishing off the shores of the Atlantic provinces and Quebec. Mark Kurlanksy, author of “Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World,” says that life in the fishing town of Newfoundland will be changed forever.

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