Anyone interested in this topic should read the book "Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World" by Mark Kurlansky.

It's basically a history of cod in the North Atlantic, from pre-Columbus time up to modern day, including the complete collapse of the stocks off Newfoundland in the early 1990's, due to deep water trawling.

-N.
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