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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Atlantic_northwest_cod_fishery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Atlantic_northw... Yep. If you were wo

by krisgee 12y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Atlantic_northwest_cod_fishery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Atlantic_northw... Yep. If you were wondering why so many east coasters are in Alberta digging for oil this is why.

TheBiv 12y ago
Wow. Thank you very much for sharing!
- krisgee 12y ago
  I was honestly sort of surprised people didn't know. The collapse of the fishery was so completely devastating to the east coast (where I was born) economy that it's just sort of a given back home that lobster prices are awful, your potatoes are going to rot and your kids are going to move (like I did).