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Originally Posted by labrax
likwid - what I meant in my first post was that we have fished down the cod to levels so low that their numbers were not enough to 'quickly' rebound - the dogfish came in and filled their ecological role, which further keeps the cod numbers low as they have to compete for the same resources with the dogfish. The dogfish have taken advantage of the situation and seen their population take off.
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agreed. another factor you left out is that dogfish are eating young cod. with the population of dogfish exploding and the cod stocks struggling to come back, that factor cannot be ignored.