December 4, 2003

Cod fishing problems...

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea is a scientific body that looks at ocean resources including fishing. They have been very specific about the Cod population and the fact that it is crashing from overfishing. The European Commission says: bq. "EU fishing boats should be allowed to catch the same amount of North Sea cod in 2004 as they were allowed this year" From New Scientist EU COmmission report (PDF) Posted by DaveH at December 4, 2003 2:18 PM