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Article: Commercial sector pans recreational cod decision: group favors small-scale directed fishery.(Brief Article)
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- National Fisherman
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- October 1, 2005
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Commercial fishermen weren't keen on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' decision to allow a recreational cod fishery from Cape St. Mary's to inches) instead of 115. The height of the escape mechanism rises to 40mm (1.6 Burgeo.
Meanwhile, anglers who live outside the recreational fishery boundary were likewise unhappy because the fishery doesn't extend to the southwest part of Newfoundland.
The DFO says it plans to study the southwest region for another year before determining whether fish stocks there can support recreational fishing.
Tom Best, president of the Petty Harbour Fishermen's Cooperative Society, whose constituents will not have ...