EC cuts fishing quotas as stocks dwindle

The European Commission backed away from a total ban on cod fishing today, despite expert advice warning that stocks face wipe-out.

EC cuts fishing quotas as stocks dwindle

The European Commission backed away from a total ban on cod fishing today, despite expert advice warning that stocks face wipe-out.

Instead the Commission is giving fishermen a last chance to save the industry by accepting another round of savage cuts in catch quotas next year and fewer days at sea.

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