Cod still overfished in the North-West Atlantic despite ban

The Grand Banks fisheries, once home to one of the world's most abundant populations of cod, collapsed in the 1990s, leading to a total fishing moratorium for this species in 1994.However, the report Bycatch on the High Seas: A review of the effectiveness of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization shows that despite the ban over 13,000 tonnes of cod and other fish, including American plaice and redfish, are taken every year as bycatch — the accidental capture of non-targeted fish.

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