Canadian cod was not yet biologically extinct, but it was commercially extinct—so rare that it could no… — Mark Kurlansky
Canadian cod was not yet biologically extinct, but it was commercially extinct—so rare that it could no longer be considered commercially viable. Just three years short of the 500-year anniversary of the reports of Cabot’s men scooping up cod in baskets, it was over. Fishermen had caught them all.
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