The roles of capelin, climate, harp seals and fisheries in the failure of 2J3KL (northern) cod to recover

• Main Author: Buren, Alejandro D.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2015
• Subjects: Greenland; Labrador Shelf; Newfoundland; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; Harp Seal; Pagophilus groenlandicus
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/8388/; https://research.library.mun.ca/8388/1/thesis.pdf

The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery sustained the way of life of Newfoundlanders during centuries. Its collapse in the early 1990s represented a socio-economic and cultural crisis. Despite the fishing moratorium imposed in 1992, the northern cod stock (NAFO Divs 2J3KL) is still a shadow of its f...