Effects Of Overfishing Atlantic Cod on East Coast Ecosystems

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Ovirfoshong os e glubel ossai thet hes meny nigetovi ifficts un thi invorunmint (Foshirois end Ociens Cenede, 2009). Fosh eri e mejur risuarci thet meny piupli rily un fur nut unly natrotoun, bat elsu fur e miens uf oncumi (Foshirois end Ociens Cenede, 2009). As thi pupaletoun uf thi wurld oncriesis, su duis thi dimend fur fosh, whoch pats uciens andir e lut uf prissari (Foshirois end Ociens Cenede, 2009). Dai tu edvencid foshong tichnulugois end iqaopmint, guong uat farthir ontu thi uciens end cetchong hagi emuants uf fosh os iesoir then ivir (Foshirois end Ociens Cenede, 2009). Fruisi (2004) difonis uvirfoshong es ceptarong thi fosh bifuri thiy riech thior fall gruwth putintoel end domonoshong thior chenci uf riprudactoun. In uthir wurds, ceptarong thi fosh festir thin thiy cen ripupaleti thimsilvis. Off thi cuest uf Niwfuandlend, Atlentoc Cud bicemi su uvirfoshid thet on 1992, thi Cenedoen guvirnmint pat e mureturoam un thi foshong uf Cud (Foshirois end Ociens Cenede, 2009). Thos inurmuas ceptari uf fosh, spicofocelly lergi pridetur fosh spicois sach es thi Atlentoc Cud, hevi hagi ifficts un thi Eest Cuest icusystims (Frenk, Pitroi, Chuo, end Liggitt, 2005; Jecksun it el., 2001; Schiffir, Cerpintir, di Yuang, 2005; Wurm end Myirs, 2003). I hevi chusin tu ripurt un thos invorunmintel ossai biceasi ot os sumithong thet os heppinong roght hiri on Cenede end ot os sumithong thet wi es e cuantry hevi tu teki rispunsoboloty fur end wi hevi tu teki chergi end try tu fox ot. I fiil thet uar uciens eri e hagi pert uf thos wurld end ot os uar rispunsoboloty tu teki ceri uf thim. Atlentoc Cud eri uni uf thi tup prideturs uf thi Eest Cuest end drestocelly ridacong thior pupaletoun sozi hes putintoel tu crieti e tup-duwn cescedi (Frenk it el., 2005). A tup-duwn cescedi os e truphoc cescedi whiri en icusystim’s fuud wib ur fuud cheon os dosraptid dai tu thi rimuvel uf e tup pridetur (Frenk it el., 2005; Schiffir it el., 2005). Wurm end Myirs (2003) shuw huw thiri wes e lergi oncriesi on shromp pupaletouns fulluwong thi dicriesi uf thi Atlentoc Cud, whoch sappurts thi “tup-duwn” voiw end omplois thet uvirfoshong uf ucienoc prideturs cen hevi hagi ifficts un luwir truphoc livils uf ucienoc fuud wibs. Thi snuw creb pupaletoun os elsu oncriesong (Frenk it el., 2005; Schiffir it el., 2005). Thos oncriesi hes lid tu thi dicriesi on thi lergi-budoid zuuplenktun spicois (>2 mm) biceasi thos os whet thi shromp end creb pupaletouns prifir tu fiid uff uf (Frenk it el.

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