Sentences with phrase «cod fisheries in»

Yet the authors marshal clear examples of ecological disasters that have already had serious effects on human society: the collapse of cod fisheries in the North Atlantic, for instance, and the outbreaks of mountain pine beetles that are devastating forests in the West.

Canada has banned cod fishing in what was once the richest cod fishery in the world, the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The collapse of the Atlantic cod fishery in the early 1990s saw the most abundant fish in the North Atlantic disappear due to overfishing.

Several projects were successfully completed or reached significant milestones, including: First time in 100 years that the global population of wild tigers has increased, with 60 % growth where WWF - Canada works on tiger conservation in Nepal; first ever certified sustainable cod fishery in Canada; first ever national measure of the health of our freshwater ecosystems reaching 75 % completion; and, end of oil exploration interests near Arctic's Lancaster Sound region

Mr. Matsunaga repurchased the boat after the war and continued to fish with it until declining stocks closed the Cape Mudge cod fishery in the 1980's.

Not exact matches

The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, for example, presided over the collapse of Atlantic cod stocks in the 1980s.

Jefferson, Washington, and the Congress chose to help the industry get back on its feet by what was essentially a tax cut (in lieu of tariffs paid for supplies coming from outside the U.S.) to the owners and workers of the cod fishery on the condition that the ship owners share the tax credits with all the workers.

In so doing, they rejected government ownership of cod fishery on the basis of Britain's failure to strengthen its whaling industry by nationalization, and they rejected outright subsidies to the wealthy owners who controlled the boats and warehouses on the basis that any government tax credits had to include workers.

However, this has allowed cod stocks to replenish themselves, meaning fisherman are finding it easier to haul in large trawls, especially in mixed fisheries.

Unfortunately, as dogfish numbers have boomed in recent years, international markets have slumped, owing to a rebounding Northeast Atlantic cod fishery and changing tastes.

Economists, fisheries and evolutionary biologists from Kiel University, the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, and the Finnish University of Helsinki working together in an interdisciplinary project have calculated how fishery and aquaculture will develop in the coming decades in regard to popular types of edible fish such as sea bass, salmon, cod and tuna.

Commercial fishermen harvest a wide variety of animals, ranging from tuna, cod, carp, and salmon to shrimp, krill, lobster, clams, squid, and crab, in various fisheries for these species.

Since 2010, they have visited and studied fisheries ranging from Alaska halibut and Oregon Dungeness crab to Norway cod, Louisiana shrimp, Nile perch in Uganda and blue swimming crabs in Indonesia to gather information and refine the tool.

There is currently no significant commercial fishing in the area, but fisheries managers expect it to become a target for commercial fishers chasing cod and snow crab as ice melts and fisheries shift north.

That's led to a global collapse of many fisheries, such as cod in the North Atlantic.

Four Fish by Paul Greenberg (Penguin Press) Salmon, bass, cod, and tuna — through this troubled quartet of dinner - table mainstays, journalist Greenberg skillfully tells the tale of how the world's fisheries got to be in such a precarious state.

And it contributes in a predictable way that may enable fishery managers to protect cod stocks from future collapse.

Now Canadian research vessels sweep the seas in vain, finding not a single school of cod in what was once the world's richest fishery.

«The Eliminator,» a fishing net, was a winner in 2007, designed to reduce bycatch of cod in the haddock fishery.

He attributes some of the success of Barents Sea cod stocks, by contrast, to a system in which scientists from either country «can provide a check» on each other's management decisions and fishing behaviors, since the Fisheries Commission formalizes a mechanism to share the resource.

Maintaining scientist - to - scientist ties can lead to official international programs with governments funding partnerships, as has happened in the Barents Sea cod fishery and NESS.

Unfortunately it turns out that cod stocks are in increasingly short supply as the effects of global warming play havoc with North America's primary cod fishery.

In the 19th century, such retrieving dogs were especially popular with the cod fisheries around Newfoundland.

How It Works: As Canada's cod fisheries dried up in the 1990's, so did the prospects for Fogo Island (population 2,435).

And of course the history of this fish, and fishery, is beautifully explored in «Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World,» and «Four Fish.»

The cod fishery off Newfoundland, Canada collapsed in 1992, leading to the loss of some 40,000 jobs in the industry.

The North Sea cod fishery has been declining owing to overfishing since the late 1960s.10 The North Sea cod catch fell 75 percent from 1987 to 2002, for example.11 In the past two decades, Bridlington fishermen shifted to shellfishing, 2 but the nearby town of Whitby is still known as the cod capital of the United Kingdom.12 England's coastal communities can ill afford further damage to the fishery from climate change.

Cod are top - of - the - food - chain hunters that will find plenty to eat in their new turf, while the Pacific coast fishing industry will have a new and lucrative fishery to exploit.

Ransom Myers, a fisheries biologist at Canada's Dalhousie University and lead scientist in this study, says: «From giant blue marlin to mighty bluefin tuna, from tropical groupers to Antarctic cod, industrial fishing has scoured the global ocean.

Overfishing off the Atlantic coast, in part owing to the federal government's willful ignorance of its own best science, would lead to the catastrophic collapse of the cod fishery.

For example, reductions in seasonal sea ice cover and higher surface temperatures may open up new habitat in polar regions for some important fish species, such as cod, herring, and pollock.128 However, continued presence of cold bottom - water temperatures on the Alaskan continental shelf could limit northward migration into the northern Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea off northwestern Alaska.129, 130 In addition, warming may cause reductions in the abundance of some species, such as pollock, in their current ranges in the Bering Sea131and reduce the health of juvenile sockeye salmon, potentially resulting in decreased overwinter survival.132 If ocean warming continues, it is unlikely that current fishing pressure on pollock can be sustained.133 Higher temperatures are also likely to increase the frequency of early Chinook salmon migrations, making management of the fishery by multiple user groups more challenging.1in seasonal sea ice cover and higher surface temperatures may open up new habitat in polar regions for some important fish species, such as cod, herring, and pollock.128 However, continued presence of cold bottom - water temperatures on the Alaskan continental shelf could limit northward migration into the northern Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea off northwestern Alaska.129, 130 In addition, warming may cause reductions in the abundance of some species, such as pollock, in their current ranges in the Bering Sea131and reduce the health of juvenile sockeye salmon, potentially resulting in decreased overwinter survival.132 If ocean warming continues, it is unlikely that current fishing pressure on pollock can be sustained.133 Higher temperatures are also likely to increase the frequency of early Chinook salmon migrations, making management of the fishery by multiple user groups more challenging.1in polar regions for some important fish species, such as cod, herring, and pollock.128 However, continued presence of cold bottom - water temperatures on the Alaskan continental shelf could limit northward migration into the northern Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea off northwestern Alaska.129, 130 In addition, warming may cause reductions in the abundance of some species, such as pollock, in their current ranges in the Bering Sea131and reduce the health of juvenile sockeye salmon, potentially resulting in decreased overwinter survival.132 If ocean warming continues, it is unlikely that current fishing pressure on pollock can be sustained.133 Higher temperatures are also likely to increase the frequency of early Chinook salmon migrations, making management of the fishery by multiple user groups more challenging.1In addition, warming may cause reductions in the abundance of some species, such as pollock, in their current ranges in the Bering Sea131and reduce the health of juvenile sockeye salmon, potentially resulting in decreased overwinter survival.132 If ocean warming continues, it is unlikely that current fishing pressure on pollock can be sustained.133 Higher temperatures are also likely to increase the frequency of early Chinook salmon migrations, making management of the fishery by multiple user groups more challenging.1in the abundance of some species, such as pollock, in their current ranges in the Bering Sea131and reduce the health of juvenile sockeye salmon, potentially resulting in decreased overwinter survival.132 If ocean warming continues, it is unlikely that current fishing pressure on pollock can be sustained.133 Higher temperatures are also likely to increase the frequency of early Chinook salmon migrations, making management of the fishery by multiple user groups more challenging.1in their current ranges in the Bering Sea131and reduce the health of juvenile sockeye salmon, potentially resulting in decreased overwinter survival.132 If ocean warming continues, it is unlikely that current fishing pressure on pollock can be sustained.133 Higher temperatures are also likely to increase the frequency of early Chinook salmon migrations, making management of the fishery by multiple user groups more challenging.1in the Bering Sea131and reduce the health of juvenile sockeye salmon, potentially resulting in decreased overwinter survival.132 If ocean warming continues, it is unlikely that current fishing pressure on pollock can be sustained.133 Higher temperatures are also likely to increase the frequency of early Chinook salmon migrations, making management of the fishery by multiple user groups more challenging.1in decreased overwinter survival.132 If ocean warming continues, it is unlikely that current fishing pressure on pollock can be sustained.133 Higher temperatures are also likely to increase the frequency of early Chinook salmon migrations, making management of the fishery by multiple user groups more challenging.134

Mr. Lowe was a retired member of the RCMP engaged in an organized fishery protest involving fishing for cod out of season.

However, once the fisheries officer determined that he had reasonable and probable grounds to believe that an offence or non-compliance of the Act had occurred, in this case by viewing cod in the boat, the occupants were no longer required to assist him in gathering evidence, only to cooperate in any continuing inspection.