Predators ate at least twice as many Atlantic mackerel as commercial fishery landings in the decade leading up to Canada's region-wide moratorium, according to new research by Canadian and American scientists.
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A recently announced moratorium on commercial fishing of mackerel and herring off the East Coast is necessary to allow the stocks to recover, researchers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada say. And it may take more than one year.