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should you eat north sea cod?

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  An interesting spat between the UK Seafish and Marine Wildlife Conservation Society (MCS) being reported in the excellent fishing news. MCS are recommending UK customers don’t eat North Sea cod. Sea fish, the UK agency tasked with promoting the industry, say the advice is wrong. What does the picture say? I thought the scientific … Read more

Why Europe’s Taxpayers Should Not Fit the Bill for Fishing Boat Building

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Fishing for the Future On 6 February 2013, the European Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of an ambitious reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. 502 elected politicians embraced the future and backed an overhaul of a failed policy. The voting was heavily along national lines.  Nearly every British MEPs backed reform. German Socialists and Christian … Read more

Why Did Cod in the Baltic Grow Yet Collapse in the North Sea

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Swim to the Baltic Last night I landed up being very distracted.  The European Commission is recommending the TAC for western Baltic cod and to increase by 7% to 65,934 tonnes. Surely, this was a mistake. In 2004, ICES, the scientists European and other governments ask to recommend how many fish can be caught from … Read more