The salt-cod fishery was a mainstay of Newfoundland and Labrador's economy throughout the 19th century.

In the years before 1914 generally rising prices (including prices for seal products) helped make the Newfoundland economy comparatively buoyant.

Newfoundland and Labrador's climate and soil have not been conducive to agriculture, but outport isolation and poor fishery incomes have made farming crucial.

Although it is often described in different terms, the expedition that led to the discovery of Newfoundland was primarily an economic enterprise.

European fishers had been working off Newfoundland and Labrador's coasts for about 100 years by the turn of the 17th century.

The rise of the industrial, frozen fish sector did not solve all the problems of the fishery, as many had hoped.

As fishing technology became more complex and efficient during the 20th century, it changed Newfoundland and Labrador's fishing industry

Throughout the nineteenth century, Newfoundland and Labrador's economy centred on its ability to export goods to foreign buyers.

It became advantageous for Great Britain to have a fishery based in Newfoundland as conditions of market and competition changed.

In 1939, Newfoundland produced 1.5 million pounds of frozen groundfish. With the outbreak of World War II, however, the industry took off.

The years between 1940 and 1969 saw dramatic changes in the Newfoundland fishery.

Almost from the beginning of the rise of the frozen fish industry in the early 1940s, the government began to offer assistance.

Until well into the 20th century, Newfoundland's primary economic activity was in the fisheries.

A brief history of work and labour, both paid and unpaid, in Newfoundland and Labrador.

The fishery closure ended almost 500 years of fishing activity in Newfoundland and Labrador, where it put about 30,000 people out of work.

The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) were a time of social upheaval in Europe, but brought economic prosperity to Newfoundland and Labrador.

Following the 1992 cod moratorium, Newfoundland and Labrador's fishing industry shifted from a groundfishery to a shellfishery.

Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Newfoundland salt fish industry faced marketing problems.

From the arrival of Europeans until the 20th century, Newfoundland was valued mainly for its rich marine resources, especially cod.

The first half of the nineteenth century saw changes in the markets for Newfoundland salt fish.