A lot of people, a lot of fishers have earned a good living off the area's plentiful resources, but those resources, cod in particular, disappeared quickly. NAFO was in place, and the cod fishery enabled fishers and whole communities, particularly in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, to prosper.
L'OPANO existait, et la pêche à la morue permettait à des pêcheurs, à des communautés entières, notamment au Québec et à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, de vivre de façon très prospère.