Talk:Collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery

Some info worth considering

"The Grand Banks: Where Have All the Cod Gone? New Scientist 16 Sept 96 p24

THIRTY years ago, children in Newfoundland could catch fish by dipping a basket into the ocean. Now Canadian research vessels sweep the seas in vain, finding not a single school of cod in what was once the world's richest fishery. The destruction of the Grand Banks cod is one of the biggest fisheries disasters of all time. And science helped make it happen. The Canadian government banned fishing on the Banks in 1992, when scientists discovered there were nearly no adult cod left. That ban is likely to remain in place for at least a decade. Canada has blamed Spaniards, seals and the weather. But the real damage was done by years of "safe" catches that scientists now realise were just the opposite... Cod stocks there collapsed, and the fishery has been totally shut down since 1993, with the loss of 40 000 jobs. "Signs of recovery of the stock are still very small, and in fact some stocks still seem to be in decline," says Cook's co-author, Alan Sinclair of the Canadian government's fisheries department". --Hypo Mix (talk) 01:05, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

That last paragraph in the "government" section

It seems a bit un-encyclopedia-ish, but I don't really know what to do about it. 78.70.122.234 (talk) 09:06, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Very informative and well-written article about the tragedy of the commons and capitalism.

Thanks to the authors! Zezen (talk) 01:34, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

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Meaning of "FFA"

What does "Socioeconomic FFA" mean? While the theme of the section is clear, it should be retitled and/or the abbreviation should be expanded at least once. Tranquilled (talk) 17:23, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

My best guess is "socioeconomic free-for-all", which, while a little ambiguous, does somewhat suggest what happened. "FFA" in the article ought to be done away with.--Quisqualis (talk) 20:19, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

History information

• I took from pages Cod fisheries and Cod much of the matter which I added to Collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery on 14 & 15 February 2019. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:24, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

One-sided point of view?

• For this discussion, see Talk:Cod fisheries#this process stinks. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:13, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Can’t be serious

This article is a hot mess full of uneducated assumptions at best. This should be removed entirely. 134.41.255.253 (talk) 13:25, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Not a useful opinion. Invasive Spices (talk) 14 January 2022 (UTC)

USSR

An encyclopedic article on the collapse of one of the world's most productive fisheries, and there's no a single mention of the Soviet factory fishing ships that did much to destroy it? Between the Russians vaccuuming the sea floor, and the Canadians subsidizing their fleet to join the fun, this matter was in the news regularly back in the day. I can only suspect that this is a deliberate editing job by you know who. MarkinBoston (talk) 18:45, 31 May 2023 (UTC)