End of cod moratorium touted after 32 years as Ottawa approves small increase in commercial catch - DFO announcement features statements from all 6 Liberal MPs in N.L. ( www.cbc.ca )

In 1992, federal Fisheries Minister John Crosbie shut down the northern cod fishery — putting more than 20,000 people out of work in one of the largest industrial layoffs in Canadian history — as cod catches dwindled and harvesters were alarmed by the sight of smaller and smaller fish.