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Library

Chronology of NAFO documents and publications

2024 NAFO Annual Meeting Press Release - September

27 September 2024

2024 NAFO Annual Meeting Press Release - September

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2022 NAFO Annual Meeting Press Release - September

23 September 2022

2022 NAFO Annual Meeting Press Release - September

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NAFO Areas and Currents

30 August 2018

NAFO Areas and Currents

2017

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The 2017 Ocean Climate Status Summary for NAFO S. A. 1 and the Labrador Sea

30 August 2018

The 2017 Ocean Climate Status Summary for NAFO S. A. 1 and the Labrador Sea

West Greenland and the Labrador Sea

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The 2017 Ocean Climate Status Summary for NAFO S. A. 2

30 August 2018

The 2017 Ocean Climate Status Summary for NAFO S. A. 2

Labrador and Newfoundland Region

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The 2017 Ocean Climate Status Summary for NAFO S. A. 3

30 August 2018

The 2017 Ocean Climate Status Summary for NAFO S. A. 3

Newfoundland Shelf and Grand Banks

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The 2017 Ocean Climate Status Summary for NAFO Sub Division 3M

30 August 2018

The 2017 Ocean Climate Status Summary for NAFO Sub Division 3M

The Flemish Cap

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The 2017 Ocean Climate Status Summary for NAFO S. A. 5 and 6

30 August 2018

The 2017 Ocean Climate Status Summary for NAFO S. A. 5 and 6

Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine and the Mid-Atlantic Bight

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NAFO E-Newsletter 2016

12 December 2016

NAFO E-Newsletter 2016

December

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NAFO SC Studies No. 47 (2015)

31 October 2015

NAFO SC Studies No. 47 (2015)

Coral, Sponge, and Other Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem Indicator Identification Guide, NAFO Area

Kenchington, E., L. Beazley, F. J. Murillo, G. Tompkins MacDonald, E. Baker.

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Recent History - Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)

31 August 2012

Recent History - Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)

Since 1979

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Introduction

30 April 2009

Introduction

Historical Overview of the Northwest Atlantic Fishery

John Cabot, n.d.
John Cabot in the Matthew off Cape Bonavista in 1497.

Painting by C. Dinsmore.
From J. R. Smallwood, ed., The Book of Newfoundland, Vol. 2 (St. John's: Newfoundland Book Publishers, 1937). 

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