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Nature 419, 662-665 (17 October 2002) | doi:10.1038/419662a

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Fisheries science: How many more fish in the sea?

See associated Correspondence: Stocker, Nature 420, 740 (December 2002)

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Commercial fisheries worldwide are being driven to collapse. Quirin Schiermeier wonders why fisheries scientists are failing to halt this pillage, and asks what hope is there for the future sustainability of fish stocks.

For centuries, the Canadian Grand Banks, off the coast of Newfoundland, were prime fishing grounds. The region's abundance of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) supported entire communities.