WWF Canada Says DFO Cod Cuts Too Little; Differs with FFAW and GIDC Partners who See Differently
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SEAFOODNEWS] by John Sackton – June 15, 2018
WWF Canada has issued a statement criticizing the DFO’s 25% cut on Northern Cod harvest as being too little.
WWF says the DFO ‘ignored scientific evidence in its newly released plan for management of the northern cod stock. The 2018 catch limit for the 2J3KL Northern Cod Stewardship fishery is set at 9,500 metric tons, a reduction of about 25 per cent from 2017 levels, but still double the 2015 quota when the northern cod population was at the same level it is now...
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