This website lists the sections of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/magact/
Northern Cod--A Matter of Survival
http://www.cdli.ca/cod/history4.htm
Cod Spawning Areas/times:
1. Labrador and northern Newfoundland spawn from March to May along the outer slopes of the continental shelf in depths from 200 to 600 m
2. Grand Banks: spawning April-June
3. South coast of Newfoundland: spawning May
4. Nova Scotia banks: spawning March-April
Info on Cod from Fisheries and Oceans of Canada
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/zone/underwater_sous-marin/atlantic/acod_e.htm