The History and Slow Recovery of Cod | Eater
"Renamed from Cape St. James in 1602, this coastal region's waters were historically so overflowing with Atlantic cod that that abundance defined local ecosystems and livelihoods. The prolific cod fishery generated substantial wealth, opened colonial markets to Mediterranean trade, and helped drive early American economic and political shifts — but that prosperity was also entangled with the transatlantic slave and rum trades. The legacy of those once-vast fisheries endures even as cod populations have dramatically declined from their historical levels." - Claudia Geib
