What a novel idea

In his 1966 book Marine Resources of Newfoundland, written for the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Wilfred Templeman suggests "As fishing pressures are continually increasing, cod are bound to be smaller in the future and the catch per unit of effort less.”

You mean we can't go on fishing forever and expect the fish to just be there?

Edit: Shockingly, the conclusion Templeman reaches is that if Newfoundland hopes to remain competitive they need to increase their efforts, particularly in terms of offshore trawling for cod, and also in the inshore fishery. Apparently we can just try and go on forever, even if the fish keep getting smaller and smaller, and the harvests less and less efficient.