Canada’s cod fishery ‘not far off’ MSC certification, says Ocean Choice Certification would mark a “full circle” moment for the fishery, according to an Ocean Choice vice president. Its dramatic stock collapse in 1992 kick-started the founding of the Marine Stewardship Co...

Canada’s northern cod fishery reopened last winter after a 32-year moratorium (initiated in 1992)", www.intrafish.com/fisheries/ca... #canada #cod #codcollapse #codfishery #georgesbank #gulfofmaine #marinestewardshipcouncil #msc #newengland #optimism #overfished

Scallopers push to open northern edge of Georges Bank - The New Bedford Light New Bedford fishermen advocate at the Statehouse for reopening a scallop ground shuttered to commercial fishing since 1994.

Coastal lawmakers and scallopers railed Wednesday against a decision fishing regulators made last year to keep the thriving scallop ground closed. It's a debate that hits home in New Bedford, the largest port in the U.S. for sea scallop landings and revenue #fishing #seascallops #GeorgesBank

@RPWildermuth @UMassD_SMAST tradeoffs of #fisheries & #energy in #GeorgesBank social-ecological system #IMCC4

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After 20 years, #GeorgesBank #clam beds reopen http://b.globe.com/15dOJiY via @BostonGlobe #shellfish