No bright spots in latest (Newfoundland) cod status report

[jpak]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/06/08/cod-report.html

Almost 15 years since the Canadian government outlawed cod harvesting off Newfoundland's northeast coast, federal fisheries scientists say cod stocks remain in peril.

A stock assessment report released Thursday shows no significant gains for the cod stock, despite some anecdotal reports on gains in some inshore areas.

Indeed, the stock remains in such a poor state that Department of Fisheries and Oceans cannot provide a valid numerical estimate on the stock size.

"It's just a shadow of what it used to be," John Brattey, a research scientist in St. John's, told CBC News.

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edit: they killed this Golden Goose cold - it will not come back in the lifetimes of present day Newfoundlanders...