By the mid-1990s, Atlantic sea scallop populations in the northeastern United States had been driven to
near depletion due to years of excessive fishing pressure and ineffective fishing regulations. However,
above-average recruitment coupled with new regulations based on reduction of fishing effort and
demarcation of closed areas with restricted access...
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