Overexploitation by international fishing fleets forced the atlantoc cods into decline. The industry collapsed entirwly in the early 1990's attributing to overfishing, greed, lack of foresight, and poor local administration.
A moratorium on cod fishing in 1992 which ended nearly five centuries of cod fishing aims to help restore cod stocks that had been depleted due to overfishing.
Answer - C- overfishing