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P1 intro of cod fishers
in NA, cod fisheries collapsed
Voracious predator, prey eg. Sprates, capelins, young lobster, and snow crabs
To allow cod to recover, managers put strict limits on the cod fisheries or even banned
Mathematical model=>if the fish were left unmolested, the population recover
P2 predictions were wrong
KF: predication of the recovery 5-6 years
However, the prediction was wrong. After six years, no signal of recovery.
Instead, the population languished a few percent
P3 KF figured out the reason
Initial estimate: how fast cod reproduce, not on how the whole web is organized
Adult cod fed on sprats, capelins, and forage fish; forge fish eat eggs and larvae of cod
P4 explanation of reason
Before cod overfished: cod kept forage fish in check => small fish can not enough eggs and larvae to reduce cod population
Human lowers population of cod => tables turned
Forage fish boom => eat a substantial fraction of eggs and larvae
Even without human fishing, cod could not rebound
P5 KF sees the sign of delayed recovery
After falling to 1% of pre-crash level, cod rose to 30%
Key: KF said, forage fish exploded to such high numbers that outstripped their own food supply
Population of forage fish dropped=>larvae of cod better chance to reach adulthood
If cod return to their former level, they will able to keep the populations of their forage fish down once more
KF: that’s the trajectory, ecosystem is complex
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