Fishing: (An Industry In Crisis) Fact Sheet
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Key Ideas
Ocean fishing is Canada’s oldest and most popular industry.
Fishing is the best tradition of life, and has a special place in Canada’s
heritage.
Fishing is mainly, the collecting of fish.
Where in Canada Fishing occurs in many parts of Canada.
In the east coast, fishing is the most popular because, of the great amounts of
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fish.
occurs
In the west coast and freshwater areas, are considered great fishing grounds
because, of the good kinds of fish.
Types of jobs the Offshore fishing is ocean fishery using boats longer than 25m. The boats stay
Industry employs at sea several days before returning to shore with their catch.
Inshore fishing is commercial fishing that takes place within a few kilometers
of the shoreline. Small fishing boats go out to sea and return to shore each
day.
Self- unemployment is when fishers choose to do their own fishing business
and deal with their own income.
Unionized fishing is an organization of fishers who work together to catch and
process the fish.
The industry started in the 1500s-1763.
History of the
Europeans, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Basques began fishing
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off of Newfoundland in the 16th century.
They eventually established permanent fishing villages. After being dried or
salted they were exported to Europe, U.S.A, and the West Indies.
This provided economic base for the European settlement in parts of the East
Coast, Quebec, and British Columbia.
Challenges facing West Coast Fishery: There are three competing demands for salmon in British
Columbia; commercial fishing, sport fishing, and fishing by the First Nations.
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East Coast Fishery: In the 1980s, people in the east coast fishery noticed they
were catching fewer and smaller fish. In particular, the northern cod off
Newfoundland and southern Labrador seemed to be disappearing.
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While the catch of cod and other groundfish had declined before (consider
1978-79), the collapse that occurred in 1991 was unexpected.
The Canadian government responded in 1992 by halting all fishing for
northern cod and by making major cuts in the catches allowed for other
groundfish species.
When the groundfish ban was imposed, scientists, governments, and the
fishing industry expected that fish populations would recover in 5-7 years.
cod stocks have remained at or below 1992 levels, and many people now fear
that they may never recover. The fishing industry has responded by
diversifying its catch.
Fishing was a very popular industry, but since it became overfished, there is
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less fish in the ocean.
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This issue may cause many people in the future to become unemployed
because; there are no longer much fish for fishers within the fishing industry
to catch. This will cause more industries to collapse and reduce the economic
base of fishing within the industry even lower.
This will also reduce the amount of fish left greatly, and may put many of the
countries in jeopardy.
East coast fishing is about to face many future issues mostly because of,
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overfishing, and destructive fishing practices.
In our everyday lives, we think that there is a lot of fish out there and we’ll
never run out but, really we are only using up the 0.1% and there will soon be
not much left.
Fishing is an essential part of life. This is because; fishing is considered an
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industry that provides an economic base for people within the industry.
Overfishing within the industry caused industries to collapse because of the
insufficient amount of fish being caught on a daily basis.
Many fishers within the industry began to take the ocean for granted because
of the many fish, which resulted in fishing becoming only 0.1% of the total
value of Canada’s economy.
It started when inventors made machines and satellites to locate schools of
fish, especially during World War 2. Then, they would fish using smaller nets
making it less likely for the fish to escape. This caused more overfishing and
destructive usage of fishing.
Conclusion of the Canada’s fishing industry is in crisis. In Atlantic Canada, a renewable resource
has been exploited beyond its capacity.
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In British Columbia, the same thing may be happening as different interests
compete for a limited supply of fish.
Changes must be made to rescue both fisheries, not only because they
provide employment in regions where jobs are scarce, but also because they
support a lifestyle that is part of our Canadian heritage.