CANADA COD DEATHS INCREASE STUDY NORTH SEA CONSERVATION COD MORTALITY
February 1st, 2006
BY MONICA DOBIE
COD stocks in the North Sea may recover slower than anticipated given new evidence in Atlantic Canada whereby despite moratoriums and imposed limits on cod catches, over-fishing in the 1980's have caused a significantly increased natural mortality rate in the species.
Scientists from Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans said northern cod stocks off Newfoundland and Labrador are dying off at a higher rate than normal and the fish are smaller in size.
The findings published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences suggest ...
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