The collapse of Newfoundland cod in the 1990s is often imagined to have been primarily caused by overfishing. However, the importance of environmental change on the collapse has been heavily debated for the past 30 years due to the collapse occurring at the same time as an abnormally cold period. We know that millions of cod suddenly died in the 90s, but what was the main cause?   Figure 1: The map shows the number of individual cod sampled in each division around Newfoundlan

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