The president of a cod harvesting company in Newfoundland and Labrador says the province is ready to reopen the commercial cod market, 32 years after the moratorium was announced.
Scientists with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada say the northern cod stock remains above the critical zone, but hasn't shown signs of growth since 2016.
News that Northern cod likely moved out of the critical zone for the first time in decades could be called historic, but all Atlantic cod populations in the Northwest Atlantic ocean remain historically low