Having the longest coastlines in the world and some of the largest freshwater ecosystems, Canada has a rich history of exploitation and stewardship of its marine and freshwater fisheries resources. For thousands of years prior to European settlement, Indigenous peoples across what is now Canada utilized and managed marine and freshwater fisheries that underpinned food systems, cultural practices, and pre‐colonization economies (Berkes 1990). The earliest exploitation of Canadian fisheries by Europeans was by the Spanish and Portuguese fishing for Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua in the 15th century (Hutchings and Myers 1995).

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加拿大渔业简史

加拿大拥有世界上最长的海岸线和一些最大的淡水生态系统，加拿大拥有丰富的海洋和淡水渔业资源开发和管理历史。在欧洲定居之前的数千年中，现在加拿大境内的土著人民利用和管理着海洋和淡水渔业，这些渔业为粮食系统，文化习俗和殖民前经济奠定了基础（Berkes 1990）。欧洲人最早利用加拿大渔业，是在15世纪，西班牙人和葡萄牙人为大西洋鳕鱼Gadus morhua捕捞（Hutchings和Myers，1995年）。