Abstract
In 1992 in Newfoundland and Labrador, the cod moratorium put some thirty thousand fishers out of work: the largest mass layoff in Canadian history. Journalist Jenn Verma blends memoir and research in this gripping account of the enduring legacy of the largest mass layoff in Canadian history. Tracing the early history of the fishery to the present, Verma considers what lies ahead and what was lost along the way.