When wild fish thrive, so too do our wild fisheries, Thornhill Verma says. On the other side of the coastline, safely distanced from the pod of humpbacks, a fishing vessel has arrived for capelin fishing. And when wild fish thrive, so too do our wild fisheries, which are still the lifeblood of many coastal communities across Newfoundland and Labrador and, indeed, Canada. alone ($11.85 billion across Canada) with nearly 90 per cent of that value attributed to wild fisheries. The reason wild fisheries have worked since their beginning is because fishermen fished what was in season.

Source: CBC News May 02, 2021 09:22 UTC