Northern Norway, Medieval period, trade, coldfish fishery.

I am referring specifically to the collapse of the cod fishery.

Alesund is also the fishing capital city of Norway.

The cod fishery is an integral part of the history of Gaspésie.

Number of fishermen employed in the salt cod fishery, by fishery, Newfoundland, 1937 to 1948

Since the cod moratorium the community has thrived on the crab fishery.

They may have a trawl licence, a salmon licence, a sablefish licence, but they are not active in the sablefish fishery.

But in 1992, the Government of Canada placed a moratorium on the cod fishery.

The cod fishery is an integral part of the history of Gaspésie.

In 2006 fishing is completely banned in the Caspian Sea.

Following the 1992 cod moratorium, commercial fishing activity has decreased in the area.

Other residents of the area were involved in the cod and herring fisheries.

Until the 1992 moratorium on fishing cod, the inshore fishery was the mainstay of the community.

A vivid example of a collapsed resource is the Atlantic cod fishery.

We will celebrate 25 years of northern cod recovery.