The primary cause of the depletion of the Atlantic cod fishery was overfishing.
Too many people were fishing in the same spot for such a long time, that the cod in these areas became depleted - they couldn't repopulate as fast as the fisherman could fish them.
<span>Public executions didn't work. Many saw it as a time to get drunk
and merry.
As executions increased, more people went to see them. This
is an opportunity for people to commit crime.<span>Ideas about punishments were changing. People thought that the death penalty was wrong.</span></span>
