Spanish factory trawler fishing in international waters of the Grand Banks. Factory trawlers systematically emptied the Grand Banks of cod. Stocks have not recovered since all cod fishing was banned on the Canadian part of the Grand Banks in 1992. But trawlers still fish for cod in international waters of the Grand Banks.
05 September 1990
Grand Banks Canada

Spanish factory trawler fishing in international waters of the Grand Banks. Factory trawlers systematically emptied the Grand Banks of cod. Stocks have not recovered since all cod fishing was banned on the Canadian part of the Grand Banks in 1992. But trawlers still fish for cod in international waters of the Grand Banks.

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