Predators take big bite out of declining Atlantic mackerel population
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 picture taken on February 13, 2014 in Bordeaux, western France, shows mackerels at a fish shop. High tides and winter storms not only ravaged the coast and exhausted the birds, they also affected fishermen forced to remain at quay. rows of mackerel.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.4247953.1687986642!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/par7792016.jpg)
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.