Northern Cod Science — A Collaborative Effort

Northern cod has been looked on as one of the most important fish stocks for Newfoundland and Labrador for centuries. Through the collapse of the fishery in the early 1990s and to the recent growth in the stock, the assessment of the status of the Northern cod stock is big news in the province. Brian Healey works in the Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). He is the senior NAFO science advisor for Fisheries and Oceans Canada and section head of groundfish and is responsi...