Scientists and fishers agree that cod fishery is at a crisis point - but they disagree on what's causing itIt's said cod were once so plentiful in New England they would throw themselves into a boat. It's said you could walk across their backs to shore.Gloucester, Massachusetts, grew up around cod. The waterfront teemed with boats and fishermen, heaps of fish thrashing in wire baskets. Boats were inherited from fathers and shipyards boasted of operating since 1684. As late as the 1980s, the cod were so abundant and large (30-50lb each) that the fishermen still brought in big hauls. Cod remains the state fish of Massachusetts. Continue reading...
Can New England's cod fishing industry survive?
3. červenece 2020 9:15
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/03/atlantic-cod-fishing-industry-survival
Zdroj: The Guardian