US EditionWhy your Friday night fish and chips could be under threat
Oceana UK warns that 59% of commercial fish stocks are unhealthy or overfished, urging enforceable catch quotas to prevent imminent collapse and protect sustainable fishing.
- Conservation charities have warned that the future of Britain's traditional fish and chips is under threat due to overfishing of key species.
- A recent report found that fishing quotas often exceed scientific recommendations, with half the top 10 commercial stocks at critically low or overexploited levels.
- Since 2020, setting catch restrictions for haddock in the West of Scotland and plaice in the North Sea has led to the recovery of these fish stocks, bringing their populations back to sustainable levels.
- An evaluation revealed that out of 105 UK commercial fish stocks, just 41% are in good condition, while 27% are subject to excessive fishing and 25% are being harvested at unsustainable rates.
- Oceana UK and other groups have called for government action to set quotas in line with science to protect the industry and coastal communities.
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Sky News UK
One News PageWhy your Friday night fish and chips could be under threat
The government is being urged to set catch quotas to help preserve the UK's fish stocks, but support for the fishing industry would be required to ensure their livelihoods are not hit.
The Independent
Call to end overfishing to save British fish supper as key stocks face collapse
Half of UK’s top commercial fish stocks are either overfished to critically low levels or being overexploited, a report from Oceana UK warns.
Half UK top fish stocks ‘critically low’, ‘overexploited’ or both
A new report offers the most comprehensive analysis of British fisheries as an independent coastal state post-Brexit. Published by Oceana UK, the research casts the rapidly declining health of the British Isles marine ecosystems in sharp relief. According to this assessment, half of the country’s top 10 fish stocks are now critically low (27%), overexploited (25%), or both. Just 41% are considered to be in a healthy state. North Sea cod, North …
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