By Amy Minsky, Canwest News ServiceJuly 30, 2009
Ottawa Citizen
Atlantic cod for sale. An assessment report, conducted by an international team of fishery scientists, suggests that five of the 10 large marine ecosystems examined are showing improvement. None is in Canada. Recovery rates in Eastern Canada are slow or non-existent, said Boris Worm of Halifax’s Dalhousie University, a co-author of the report.Photograph by: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images, Canwest News ServiceSteps taken to curb overfishing are finally showing signs of success in many of the world’s fisheries, according to a report released Thursday, but the news isn’t so good in Eastern Canada, where there have been “dramatic stock collapses.”