1-Year Commercial Cod Moratorium Ordered For Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence

July 8, 2022 CBC News

Two days after the 30th anniversary of the 1992 cod moratorium that decimated the Newfoundland and Labrador economy, Ottawa has closed commercial cod fishing in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence.

FFAW Calling For Rejection of Possible Shutdown of South Coast Cod Fishery

March 24, 2021 CBC

The union representing workers in Newfoundland and Labrador’s fishery is calling for the rejection of a possible closure to the 3Ps cod fishery on the island’s south coast, but Ottawa says no decisions have been

Bering Sea Cod Fishery Opens 2020 in Alaska

Alaska’s seafood industry is “open for business” starting Jan. 1, when some of the biggest fisheries get underway long before the start of the first salmon runs in mid-May.

BBNC to Acquire Two Giants of Alaska’s Pacific Cod Fishery

September 19, 2019 ISABELLE ROSS, KDLG

The Bristol Bay Native Corporation has been working for a year to acquire two of the largest Pacific cod harvesters in the country. Now, it is about to close that deal.

Maine Cod Fishery Plummets to Least Valuable Year Since 1960s

Maine’s cod fishery, once one of the most lucrative in the Northeast, has declined to the point that it had its least valuable year in more than a half-century in 2018.