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  • Why do fish stocks collapse? The example of cod in Atlantic Canada 

    Myers, RA; Hutchings, JA; Barrowman, NJ (1997-02)
    In 1993, six Canadian populations of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) had collapsed to the point where a moratorium was declared on fishing. It has been argued that the collapses were caused by poor recruitment of cod to the ...