Between 1976 and 1985, chemical wastes were dumped into Cod Bay  Today, 3 percent of the bay' s bluefin cod population have deformed fins, and wary consumers have stopped buying the fish
In seeking financial reparations from companies that dumped the chemicals, representatives of Cod Bay' s fishing industry have claimed that since the chemicals are known to cause genetic mutations, the deformity in the bluefin cod must have been caused by the presence of those chemicals in Cod Bay
What was the incidence of deformed fins in bluefin cod in Cod Bay before the chemical dumping began.