That's what the scientific evidence suggests. The scientific evidence in the published literature—not by me, but by scientists in fact on the east coast—suggests that you can explain the decline of cod by one factor, and that is largely over-fishing, just as many fish stocks around the world are in serious states today because of over-fishing due to the non-application of the precautionary approach.
If you listened to my closing remarks, I did in fact suggest a way forward that would not result in no seal hunt, but would at least result in a precautionary management plan that would largely ensure that the population does not become jeopardized by continued overfishing.