Fish supper off the menu unless urgent action is taken

KEY UK fish stocks could face “imminent” collapse without action to halt overfishing, conservationists have warned.

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Oceana UK has called on the Government to set catch quotas in line with science and save the traditional British fish supper, as a report from the charity shows many fish stocks are in a perilous state.

The report reveals half the UK's top 10 commercial fish stocks are either at critically low levels or are being overexploited - with fishing limits set above what the science recommends for sustainable fisheries - or both. North Sea cod, for which scientists recently recommended a ‘zero catch’ this year to protect the stock, has been overfished to critically low levels but is still being overexploited.