Program Information

3 x 60 minutes

Year: 2003

Broadcasters

Discovery Canada

Distributor

Primitive Entertainment

Awards

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series,
Gemini Awards

Bronze Plaque,
Columbus International Film and Video Festival

Cod: The Fish that Changed the World

Cod was the reason that sailors braved the uncharted Atlantic as far as North America and, for the first several hundreds years of colonization, it was the mainstay of existence. It was a thriving industry and culture for 1,000 years all around the ocean and then, suddenly, it disappeared. Why?

Hosted by Mary Walsh