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Thus, in 1962 the assessment community predicted that a doubling 

 of effort would produce only a two percent increase in landings. 



What actually occurred, however, was far different. In spite of 

 expectations that effort would not increase greatly for Subarea 5, 

 by 1965 total landings from Georges Bank had leaped from 446,000 tons 

 (1958) to 890,000 tons. All of this increase was due to the new 

 fishing pressure of distant-water factory trawlers. 



In addition, the 1962 and 1963 year-classes of haddock had been 

 excellent, and in 1965 the stock of haddock scrod (young haddock) was 

 exceptional. Both Canada and the Soviet Union directed fisheries to 

 haddock. Haddock landings, by nation, were reported to ICNAF as follows 

 for the period 1961-1974:^^^^ 



