Problem:
Read the following article and suppose being on the same team of fishery managers and support the recommendations from the article at an upcoming meeting. Why is it a good idea to agree with the recommendation on adjusting the annual catch limit on Atlantic cod? Provide an additional reference that supports the claim: As a fishery manager, I would suggest a decrease in cod catch during peak breeding seasons. If we decrease fishing during the months that cod are mating and reproducing, we could prevent overfishing in the Gulf of Maine. Reducing fishing to a sustainable level should be the priority for fisheries management policy to recover stocks. The SSB of North Sea cod increased during a period of declining fishing mortality, and a sustained reduction in fishing mortality is expected to result in increasing SSB, as evidenced by major North Atlantic cod stocks.