translate English to French: displacement of the foreign industrial fishing fleet was seen to provide a particularly good opportunity to expand Canada’s own offshore (trawler) fleet for groundfish, then the major species that was fished on the Atlantic Coast.(47) Prior to the imposition of moratoria on fishing, three vertically integrated offshore companies were allocated more than half of the available groundfish; the remainder was reserved for the inshore sector, which was also given almost exclusive access to lobster, crab, and scallops – species much less valuable then than they are today.
l’imposition d’un moratoire sur la pêche, trois compagnies verticalement intégrées se sont vu accorder plus de la moitié du poisson de fond pélagique, le reste étant réservé aux pêcheurs côtiers, qui ont également reçu un accès presque exclusif au homard, au crabe et au pétoncle, espèces beaucoup moins précieuses à l’époque qu’aujourd’hui. Afin de promouvoir le « rendement