Why did cod and haddock on the Faroe Bank remain at historically low levels for more than a decade, despite restrictions on commercial fishing? A new study led by Ian Salter and colleagues at Faroe Marine Research Institute - Havstovan published in Fisheries Oceanography a few days ago, explores how oceanographic variability influences the recovery of depleted fish stocks. Drawing on approximately 25 years of fisheries, biological and oceanographic observations, the researche