Undercurrent: Eastern Baltic cod stock on brink of collapse, report finds
Undercurrent, April 12, 2019: A report published last week by the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has found that the Eastern Baltic cod population has reached...
Herald Scotland: Accusations of fishy business in UK cod catches as small fish vanish from statistics
The campaign group Our Fish said it was unbelievable that, according to official data, zero tonnes of unwanted fish were landed by the UK fleet between January and mid-November.
Independent: UK vessels illegally threw away 7,500 tons of cod in North Sea, campaigners say
Cod fishing vessels have been accused of illegally dumping thousands of tons of fish into the North Sea in a bid to sidestep strict new European rules.Official data collected by...
EU Reporter: More garbage caught than cod: NGOs call for emergency measures to protect Eastern Baltic Cod
EU Reporter 22 February 2019: More garbage caught than cod: NGOs call for emergency measures to protect Eastern Baltic Cod NGOs in the Baltic Sea Region have sent an urgent...
Undercurrent: NGOs call for six-month moratorium on fishing Baltic cod
Three NGOs in the Baltic Sea region have sent a letter to the European Commissioner of maritime affairs and fisheries, Karmenu Vella, requesting that emergency measures be taken to protect...
Undercurrent: Report puts UK, Sweden at top of ‘overfishing league table’
Sweden and the UK have topped a table summarizing the countries which plan to exceed scientific advice in their 2019 fishing quotas, according to a report by New Economics Foundation...
Greennews: Ireland one of worst in Europe for overfishing, report finds
Ireland has the third highest rate of overfishing in Europe with quotas coming in at more than 20 per cent above scientific advice, a new EU-wide report has found....