DFO Technical Meeting Hears Bad News About Northern Cod Stocks, with Potential 29% Biomass Decline
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton March 23, 2018
After participating in several days of technical meetings on Northern Cod Stocks, the Groundfish Enterprise Allocation Council, representing offshore quota holders and year-round harvesters of cod, said the data showed a 29% decline in the Northern Cod spawning stock biomass.
This is a shock to an industry that was expecting rapid continued growth of Northern Cod.
“Unfortunately, this significant decline comes only two years after DFO projected that the spawning stock biomass would ...
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