Canada: Cautious approach to commercial Northern cod fishery welcomed by former harvester and processor

게시됨 2024년 6월 27일

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The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard have lifted the 32-year-long moratorium on the commercial Northern cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador. This decision, announced on Canada Day, has been welcomed with mixed emotions by Gerard Bartlett, a former fish harvester, who left the industry due to the moratorium but is cautiously optimistic about the new development. The slow and steady re-opening of the fishery is applauded by local processors like Icewater Seafoods in Arnold’s Cove, which has been processing a small amount of Northern cod under a stewardship fishery. The company's CEO, Alberto Wareham, emphasizes the importance of a conservative approach to manage the stock sustainably and notes the significant economic benefits for the local community.

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ST. LUNAIRE-GRIQUET, N.L. — Gerard Bartlett is not usually short on words, especially when it comes to talking about fishing, but one question gave him pause for thought. The 64-year-old from St. Lunaire-Griquet left the life of being a fish harvester, a life his father and grandfather had pursued before him, not long after the moratorium on the commercial Northern cod fishery was announced on Canada Day in 1992. During an interview with Saltwire on June 26, just hours after the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard (DFO) announced the moratorium was being lifted after 32 years, Bartlett was asked if he missed fishing. There were a few moments of silence before he answered. “B,y, that’s a hard question,” he said. “Sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t.” The old days After taking over his father’s enterprise when he was in his late teens, Bartlett fished Northern cod for about two decades until the fishery was shut down by federal fisheries minister ...

출처: Saltwire