Is the protected Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua) population in Gilbert Bay, Labrador, nearing a tipping point?

• Published in: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
• Main Authors: Morris, Corey J., Green, John M.
• Other Authors: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Gilbert Bay; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3666; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aqc.3666; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/aqc.3666

Abstract The Gilbert Bay Marine Protected Area (MPA), Labrador, was created in 2005 to protect a resident, locally adapted population of Atlantic cod and its habitat. Twenty years of monitoring has shown a 90% decline in this bay‐cod population since the creation of the MPA. The decline of large com...