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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Emily Beament

REVEALED: Warnings over collapsing fish stocks as experts advise zero catch for cod | Rare Historical Photos

Experts have advised a ‘zero catch’ for North Sea cod next year (Alamy/PA) -

Conservationists have called for action to tackle collapsing fish stocks in the North Sea as scientists advise there should be “zero” fishing of cod next year.

The latest advice from the International Council for Exploration of the Sea (Ices) recommends “zero catch” quotas be set in 2026 for all cod stocks in the “Northern shelf” – an area covering the English Channel, North Sea up to Norway and the west of Scotland.

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