The west Greenland cod fishery

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Garrod, D. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1966
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Greenland; Greenland cod; North Atlantic; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400055261; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400055261

The conception of the sea as an unlimited reservoir of fish is now outdated. The post-war history of the fishery resources of the north Atlantic has shown that stocks can be depleted to a level where the catching rates are no longer an economical proposition, and the general pattern of expansion has been to move farther afield to grounds where the catches are sufficiently improved to offset the greater steaming time, and hence running costs, involved.