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Canada Doubles Northern Cod Quota to 38,000 Tonnes for 2025 Season

Recent science confirming stable cod stocks since 2017 underlies a near doubling of quotas to support coastal economies responsibly.

Fishermen in the Quidi Vidi Gut get their boat ready for the beginning of the 2024 recreational food fishery.
Capelin rolling in at the beach at Middle Cove.
Cod tail fillets come off a conveyor before they go to a freezer at Icewater Seafoods in Arnold’s Cove. The fillets came from northern cod caught in waters in offshore Newfoundland, 32 years after the 1992 moratorium was declared.
The total allowable catch for northern cod off Newfoundland and Labrador is increasing from 18,000 to 38,000 metric tonnes for the coming season.

Overview

  • The Government of Canada increased the Total Allowable Catch for Northern cod from 18,000 to 38,000 tonnes for the 2025 season.
  • Scientific assessments indicate cod stocks have remained stable since 2017 and exceed previous health benchmarks relative to the Limit Reference Point.
  • Of the 38,000-tonne quota, 2,000 tonnes are reserved for NAFO partners and the remaining catch is divided between inshore harvesters (80%), Indigenous groups (10%), Canadian offshore fleets (9.72%) and midshore fleets (0.28%).
  • A new voluntary pilot program for Transport Canada–certified tour boat operators will introduce a tagging system and permit passengers to retain two groundfish per day.
  • With the capelin TAC unchanged at 14,533 tonnes, the government will launch public consultations on the recreational cod fishery to guide future management decisions.