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Originally Posted by zan  I don't know about the evidence for the UK, but in the Grand Banks they believe that the cod may not be recovering because of the predation from seals. |
ISTRC that there was also a problem with the whole ecosystem of the seabed changing by the absence of the bottom feeding cod. The cod kept the levels of crabs down. Without the cod, crab populations have exploded and are eating the eggs laid by what few cod are remaining.
Jim