I think part of the reason is that the remnant stock that was left after the collapse was in that region. The capelin also collapsed at the time of the northern cod, the large migratory component of capelin. There was a residual small inshore stock of capelin that persisted around the Trinity-Bonavista Bay area, and that seemed to support that small population that was left after the collapse. It was from there that the rebuilding seems to have emerged and spread further north. It hasn't gone south, which is quite perplexing, because before the moratorium, in the southern part of 3L, we would find large numbers of cod in this area that is still basically blank on the chart. That is a concern. That portion of the stock area hasn't rebuilt, and we're not clear why.
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