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... Chodkiewicz
Ecological Disaster: Collapse of Newfoundland’s Cod Fishery
Oceans are vast and expansive territories of Earth. ... The following will concern elements of over-fishing leading to the ecological
disaster of Newfoundland’s cod fishery collapsation. ...
Newfoundland’s cod fishery collapse was not one of complete surprise. ... As stated by Pol, “ to
understand the true depth of the tragedy, one must understand that as much as it as a
producer of fish, Newfoundland is a product of the fishery” (Chantraine, 1993: 23). ... European
settlement resulted and the industrialization and modernization of the fishery
developed. ... Upsetting food chains and
exceeding the maximum sustainable yield together pose a lethal combination for
collapse. ... Quite a predicament, technology helping in the
destruction of the cod fishery as “[…] the fish are no longer protected by the natural
element of the topography of the depths…being caught even where Canadian biologists
thought they were beyond reach” (44). ... It is quit ironic that with modernization of the fishery the
expectation would be to increase quantity and effectiveness but did only the opposite of
inefficiency along with temporarial delusions of success. ... With
the collapse of Newfoundland’s cod stocks many realized that the assumption of
inexhaustibility was a dire one, especially to the most potent, the government. ... The first mismanagement of
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the government aiding in the collapse was “[…] Canada did not want to starve the other
countries of the world” (Chantraine, 1993: 55). ... With larger more damaging trawlers, unrealistic
quotas and fisherman who emphasized neglect to its fullest, the collapse was eminent
and exemplified in the statistical graphs. ... The collapse seemed inevitable as ecological damage is
expressed in graph D’s mean trophic level. ... With the cod fishery closure a progressive but slow regeneration appears after
1995. ... And with the mistakes that presently occur, such that of Newfoundland’s
fishery collapse, hopefully a lesson will be gained and substantial enough so not to be
repeated. The ‘moral of the story’ which relates to this fishery is as any “[…] part of an
aquatic ecosystem is exploited for a fishery, that entire ecosystem is shaped in significant
ways by those human beings who are using it as a resource base…even be dependent on
it” (Brunk & Dunham, 2000: 13).
Approximate Word count = 1634
Approximate Pages = 6.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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