July 8, 2015 — FISH and chips for all! The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) in Copenhagen, Denmark, has recommended the first major catch increase for North Sea cod since 2000, as it says the stock has climbed back above danger levels.
Also, figures to be released later this year by Canada’s fisheries ministry show cod stocks on the Grand Banks are up for the third year in a row – although they aren’t out of danger yet.
There’s no mystery to it, say fisheries experts on both sides of the Atlantic: fishers stopped killing so many cod, and the population recovered, although it took its time.
Read the full story at New Scientist