Cod fisheries

North Atlantic Cod Stocks

Fishermen in the Gulf of Maine have requested that the Commerce Dept. review the current catch limit for cod. They say fish stocks have recovered. But scientists who manage fish argue that cod stocks remain depleted. Host Steve Curwood speaks with Frank Mirachi , a Massachusetts fisherman, and Steve Murowski, a scientist from the National […]

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NEWFOUNDLAND COD

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Fishing Communities

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Canadian Fisheries Going Bust

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Life After Cod

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Newfoundland: A Map of the Sea

A rare look from inside a community that has lost its longtime reason for being. Newfoundland producer Chris Brookes listens to what was lost and what has remained in two communities since the disastrous over-fishing of the region’s Atlantic cod.

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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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A glimmer of hope for Atlantic cod?

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The World’s Jeb Sharp reports on the status of the once-famous Atlantic cod fishery off eastern Canada. Fishing for cod there was banned nearly 20 years ago after stocks collapsed. Now there are glimmers of evidence that the fish may be returning.