Tending the achilles' heel of NAFO: Canada acts to protect the nose and tail of the Grand Banks

• Main Author: Day, Douglas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Canada; Achilles Heel; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0308-597X(95)00020-7

A number of important commercial fish stocks in the waters of eastern Canada straddle the boundary between Canada's exclusive fishing zone and the high seas. Management of these stocks by Canada and the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) has failed to prevent stock depletion. It i...