Introduction
The collapse of the Northern Cod fishery marked a profound change in the ecological, economic and socio-cultural structure of Atlantic Canada. The change was expressed most acutely in Newfoundland, whose continental shelf lay under the region most heavily fished, and whose communities were nearly all of those who lost employment because of the moratorium. Considering the importance of the cod fishery to the livelihood of Canada’s coastal communities, and the Northern Cod’s initial abundance in the region, the fishery being mismanaged until it collapsed – from which to this day it has not recovered – is nothing short of shocking.
In an attempt to make sense of a blunder of such large proportion, academics have highlighted these three contributing factors in the eventual collapse of the cod fishery:
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