One-year closure of commercial cod fishery in northern Gulf of St. Lawrence

0ne-year management plan will allow young fish to reach maturity within the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence

Federal Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray announced Monday a one-year closure of the commercial cod fishery in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Citing “the cultural significance of cod to Quebeckers and Newfoundlanders and Labradorians,” Murray said a recreational fishery will continue with a regulated season and daily limits. The science-based sentinel fishery, which provides updates about stock health, and the food, social and ceremonial fisheries will also proceed this year.

The announcement came two days after the 30th anniversary of the imposition of the 1992 moratorium on the East Coast cod fishery. Government officials hoped that moratorium would allow the species to rebuild, but population levels remain low.Atlantic cod is subject to new fish stock provisions that came into force in April 2022. The provisions legally require Fisheries and Oceans Canada to develop a plan to rebuild the stocks.

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