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What was the primary cause of the depletion of the atlantic cod fishery?

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The primary cause of the depletion of the Atlantic cod fishery was overfishing.
Too many people were fishing in the same spot for such a long time, that the cod in these areas became depleted - they couldn't repopulate as fast as the fisherman could fish them.
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