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[[File:Hibernia-subsea-drilling.jpeg|thumb|Offshore platform from Hibernia oil field, 315km off St. John’s shore.]] | |||
[[File:Hibernia-subsea-drilling. | [[File:Snow-crabs_newfoundland.jpeg|thumb|Snow crabs, the new over-fished animal of Newfoundland.]] | ||
This work in progress page is a body of researches meant to be used in the context of the Labrador Current Foodways residency in Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada. As [https://fogoislandinn.ca/ Fogo Island Inn] states on its website,<i>Fogo</i> (“fire” in Portugese) is “an island off an island” called Newfoundland (“Terre-neuve” in French). | This work in progress page is a body of researches meant to be used in the context of the Labrador Current Foodways residency in Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada. As [https://fogoislandinn.ca/ Fogo Island Inn] states on its website,<i>Fogo</i> (“fire” in Portugese) is “an island off an island” called Newfoundland (“Terre-neuve” in French). | ||
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*<b>Petroleum</b> from offshore platforms (making ±15% of GPD in 2006 with ±4,5% of Canada’s petrolum); | *<b>Petroleum</b> from offshore platforms (making ±15% of GPD in 2006 with ±4,5% of Canada’s petrolum); | ||
*<b>Metals</b> from mines in Labrador (half of the iron in Canada, copper, zinc, sliver and gold); | *<b>Metals</b> from mines in Labrador (half of the iron in Canada, copper, zinc, sliver and gold); | ||
*<b>Seafood</b> despite the collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod (<i>Gadus morhua</i>) fishery in the 90’s (wild fishes and crabs (<i>Chionoecetes opilio</i>), growing aquaculture (salmon and shellfishes)); | *<b>Seafood</b> despite the collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod (<i>Gadus morhua</i>) fishery in the 90’s (wild fishes and snow crabs (<i>Chionoecetes opilio</i>), growing aquaculture (salmon and shellfishes)); | ||
*<b>Limber</b> to make newsprint paper from huge forests of black spruce (<i>Picea Mariana</i> typical from the taiga); | *<b>Limber</b> to make newsprint paper from huge forests of black spruce (<i>Picea Mariana</i> typical from the taiga); | ||
*<b>Dairy</b> from industrial Holstein cattle like most North American systems, pretending to be less carbon intensive because of high productivity (still small compared to other activities with less than $150 million revenue).<ref>Another corporative website without much proper data and poor references. https://dairyfarmersofcanada.ca/en/who-we-are/our-commitments/sustainability/emissions</ref> | *<b>Dairy</b> from industrial Holstein cattle like most North American systems, pretending to be less carbon intensive because of high productivity (still small compared to other activities with less than $150 million revenue).<ref>Another corporative website without much proper data and poor references. https://dairyfarmersofcanada.ca/en/who-we-are/our-commitments/sustainability/emissions</ref> | ||