Organization of the Powerpoint

Our goal:  

Prove: closed areas for maritime Canada and New England are an important tool for creating a sustainable Cod fishery.

• Definitions
  • Limited Fishing
    • Fish size
  • All Fishing
• We will need to address the fact the GIS does NOT indicate that the closed areas did much good for Cod (the problem is that Cod move)
• Hence, we will use shifting closed areas--move the closures to match the location of the cod
• Protect areas with higher densities of Cod--we want to protect the areas of the population that are reproducing
• Protect the extremes, and they will help the middle
• Because the cod move, closed areas are not THE solution, they are a part of the solution

• We will need to discuss the economic arguments
  • Reducing the effort by reducing the number of fishing vessels will increase vessel efficency by weeding out older boats
  • Large closed areas and fleet reductions will create a significant reduction in fish mortality and stocks will recover. (from Defra)