Cod recovery is about more than numbers

June 21, 2025 Canada

Wednesday’s announcement by federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson regarding the increase in Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for Northern cod marks another alarming chapter in what I’ve called the ongoing saga of “managed annihilation”. Disguised as ecological responsibility, these decisions continue to obscure the difference between catching cod for food and catching cod for profit—a conflation that is both dangerous and deliberate. This isn’t care—it’s managerial choreography disguised as ecological concern. The TAC increase from 18,000 to 38,000 tonnes, paired with a new voluntary tagging program for tour boat operators, expands commercial access to cod under the guise of sustainability. Meanwhile,,, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 07:34

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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