“Requirements for the emergency shutdown of cod fishing”
“the Situation for the baltic cod is worse than feared. An immediate moratorium is required in order to save the stock in the eastern Baltic. This is according to the Swedish society for nature conservation, WWF and Sportsmen, who in an open letter calls on the government to work for the EU commission to introduce emergency measures.”
“in Addition to torskfiskestopp to organisations also see a ban on skarpsillsfiske in the southern Baltic sea, so that the cod have anything to eat.”
“the High fishing pressure has led to many of the cod in the stock now is in the same size and thus compete for the same food. It could lead to collapse unless emergency measures are introduced, say the letter-writers, referring to preliminary data from the international council ICES.”