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Ocean Fisheries. By Alexandra Bondar. The origins of Canadian fisheries. John Cabot in late 15 th -early 16 th century Discovered parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England The first since the Vikings Labrador to New England.
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Ocean Fisheries By Alexandra Bondar
The origins of Canadian fisheries • John Cabot in late 15th-early 16th century • Discovered parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England • The first since the Vikings • Labrador to New England “the sea is swarming with fish –which can be taken not only with nets, but in baskets let down with a stone” -Cabot
Fishing industries • Ocean fisheries boom • New technology • Government agencies' encouraging • Humans thirst: only grew, expanded and increased with time
International Overfishing “In 2003, a scientific report estimated that industrial fishing had reduced the number of large ocean fish to just 10 percent of their pre-industrial population” –National Geographic's • 1800s: Blubber for oil lamp, Anchovy, Sole • Mid-1900s: Sardine, Cod and Herring • Orange roughy, Patagonian toothfish, and Sablefish
Over Fishing • North Sea of Europe, the Grand Banks of North America and the East China Sea of Asia • In 2007, stocks of North Sea cod reached a historic low of 37,400 tonnes • 70% of the world’s fish stocks are either fully exploited or depleted–United Nations
Government & ORGANIzATIONS • NAFO and ICNAF • License and quota holders • Limiting fishing • Problems: several licences, and overestimate the worth of cod and stocks growth rate • Coastal Fisheries Protection Act (2012), Canadian Shipping act (2001) “Major conservation efforts including cuts in landing quotas have resulted in a 52% recovery in 2010 with an estimated stock of 54,200 tonnes. However, this figure is still well below previous figures - 250,000 tonnes in the 1970s” –National Geographic's
Is it really working? “Although overfishing in international waters did tremendous damage to northern cod, Canada also failed to maintain a sustainable fishery within its 200-mile limit. The government ignored warnings from inshore fishers and university scientists that cod stocks were in danger “ -Innis • 1992 • Prevent economic losses and massive unemployment