Now in days the cod fishery is closed down. This left a lot of Newfoundlanders in a outrage. It was the biggest shut down in Canadian history. It was only suppose to be shut down for two years, but it is still shut down right to this date. There is great controversy over who actually to blame for the large decline in the Northern cod Stocks.
Natural causes are only one of the reasons for the major decline.
The offshore trawler captains do not think there are any problems except for the seals that are eating the fish, the inshore believe that the offshore fishermen are to blame, the foreign exports believe that Canada mismanagement is to blame. These offshore draggers are off the coast of Newfoundland dragging their big fishing nets along the bottom taking all of the fish and ruining there habitat. It seems that everyone want's to blame everyone else. People are too greedy and should try to manege the stock more carefully. There has not been a lot done to manage the cod stock here in Newfoundland.