Cod in the Northern Labrador region has been evaluated as a stock since the 1970s, when it was considered to have been more severely depleted than fisheries to the south. However it is not definite that it constitutes a discrete stock, and information is lacking as the targeted commercial fishery has been closed since 1996 and surveying has been incomplete (DFO, 2005). The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife considers a Newfoundland and Labrador “Designatable Unit” which includes this (NAFO 2GH) management unit, along with Newfoundland cod (NAFO 2J3KL), and Southern Grand Bank cod (NAFO 3NO) (COSEWIC, 2010).