First ever estimate of cod fishery in 1850s reveals 96% decline on Scotian Shelf

1-Mar-2005
Census of Marine Life

Once a dominant species, the volume of cod on the Scotian Shelf has plunged 96% since the 1850s, according to a landmark research to be published March 1.

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