Canada's fishery.Europeans had been coming to fish off North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. for centuries. After the Second World War the famed Grand Banks Grand Banks, submarine plateau rising from the continental shelf, c.36,000 sq mi (93,200 sq km), off SE Newfoundland, N.L., Canada. It is c.300 mi (480 km) long and c.400 mi (640 km) wide; depths range from 20 to 100 fathoms. truly became an international fishing ground as fishers from more than two dozen nations came regularly to join with Canadians and Americans in search of a variety of fish species. However, in the rush to harvest the natural resource, the fishing nations didn't realize that the ocean's bounty bounty, payment made by a government bounty, amount paid by a government for the achievement of certain economic or other goals. It often takes the form of a premium paid for the increased production or export of certain goods. was limited. Several attempts were made to develop a fishery which would have allowed harvesting the resource without destroying it for future generations. However, the current state of the fishery tells a sad tale. With a moratorium on fishing most of the species in Canadian waters and huge cuts in the quotas for the stocks outside Canada's 200-mile exclusive economic zone, it is clear that many fishing nations failed to protect the fish stocks. The Canadian confrontation with Spain early in 1995 to protect the turbot turbot: see flatfish. turbot Species (Scophthalmus maximus, family Scophthalmidae or Bothidae) of broad-bodied European flatfish, a highly valued food fish. It lives along sand and gravel shores. stocks demonstrates the continued serious challenges to sustainable development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union . |
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