The Grand Banks were, and still are, the richest fishing ground in the world.
This helps explain why, despite 15 years of conservation efforts, the cod of the Grand Banks have failed to recover.
Then, in 1992, the cod population of the Grand Banks suddenly collapsed, throwing 40, 000 people out of work.
No one fully understands why the cod have not returned to the Grand Banks off Canada, even after 16 years of no fishing.
The Atlantic furnishes much food for the people on its shores. One of its most famous fishing regions, the Grand Banks, is near Newfoundland.
But overfishing has caused stocks to fall into decline pretty much everywhere, not just in the once-teeming waters of the Grand Banks but also in warmer climes such as the Gulf of Thailand.
