Cod spawning biomass , Newfoundland

The last cod?

And more events and responses Moratorium 1992 Compensation programs, buy-outs, retirement, education and retraining “Recreational” fishery Reopening of limited commercial fishery Major investments in crab and shrimp: picking up on late 1980s trends, restructuring

Crabs and Shrimp: Blessings Indeed Snow crab (queen crab, opilio sp.) –1980s, “full-time” licensees; very limited, worth very much now. –1990s, expansion of rights to “supplementary” licensees (and increased fishing capacity) –And, in wake of cod moratorium, creation of rights and new quota for small-boat fishers (“under 35’).

Small-Boat Crab Fisheries (“under 35’”—Gary & Owen Hewitt)

Shrimp Trawl Fishery Joe Batt’s Arm & Seldom, 8/03

Sea Cucumbers, from distant St. Pierre Bank, to distant China