Grand Banks cod gets recovery pledge

The 2010 assessment data indicated a significant increase in the number of spawning cod.

The long-standing fishing moratorium on southern Grand Banks cod has been extended for at least another three years, member countries of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) have decided.

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