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A Biography of the Fish that changed the World
By Madeline McNamara
About CodOmnivore10 families, over 200 speciesLives 20-30 years (at it’s peak)When dried, cod is 80% proteinIs the only reason Europe could explore AmericaBuilt many societies
BeginningBasques
• 1st to salt cod• Secret to cod
Salt• Keeps cod fresh• Makes travel possible
Catholics• Fasting days• Salt Cod Days
ObsessionExploring
• North America
• 6ft, 211lb cod and 6ft lobsters
• Exploring and charting
Newfoundland• Found great amounts of
Cod• 1508- 10% of all fish sold
in Portuguese ports were cod
Europe1550- 60% of all fish eaten in Europe was codCod advanced European explorationLooking for new routes to Asia
Bartholomew Gosnold• Discovered sassafras• Cape Cod
John Smith New England One of the first maps
New England18th century- New
England had international commercial power
Worshipped CodTradeCaribbeanDependant on Cod
AdvancementsSchooner
• Bigger and faster boat
Trawling• Longlining • Net that hangs off boat
Cod WarsIceland vs. Britain
1st Cod War - 1958• Iceland extends territory• England objects• 2 ½ years• Iceland keeps territory
• 2nd Cod War – 1968• Iceland extends territory
again• England objects again• Trawl wire cutter• Iceland keeps territory
3rd Cod War – 1975• Iceland extends territory
again• England still objects• Iceland keeps territory and
all of Europe gets the same territory
• All countries start claiming waters and continental shelves
• 90% of the world’s fishing grounds closed due to territorial claims
Overfishing1994- cod was commercially extinctmigratory patterns changedReaching sexual maturity earlier60% of fish types tracked by the
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) are categorized as fully exploited, over exploited, or depleted
70% of British waters are being overfished
In 1994 the cod stock was 40% of what it had been in 1990
Societies collapsedFishermen in need of new jobs
“ “There is nothing There is nothing else here. If they else here. If they don’t catch fish don’t catch fish they will have no they will have no work. But if they work. But if they keep catching keep catching enough to earn a enough to earn a living the fish will living the fish will disappear.”disappear.”
-Mike Townsend
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