Scientists demand ban on North Sea cod fishing
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'Reduced reproduction' threatens stocks The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has called for a ban on fishing for North Sea cod, The BBC reports.â¦
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Marine scientists say a moratorium on the use of heavy trawling gear in deep waters is now essential.
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By Steve Connor  Marine biologists have called on the fishing nations of the world to end government subsidies of fishing fleets that are plundering the deep seas and permanently stripping the ocean floor of its unique lifeforms.
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The global fishing industry is increasingly trawling the high seas for bottom-dwelling fish  -  a practice environmentalists say is the world's most destructive business
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Despite cod stocks in UK waters being at risk, fishermen are being forced to throw thousands of tonnes back into the sea dead while Iceland, an important supplier to much of Western Europe, is cutting the amount of cod it catches because of concern over falling stocks.
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Science & environment: Conservationists attack EU fishing quota deal that will allow fishing fleets to land an extra 11% of cod in North Sea.
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European Union ministers have decided to disregard proposals to declare huge swathes of ocean off-limits for trawlers if viable alternatives could be worked out to safeguard such threatened fish as the once-common cod.
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Fuel subsidies allowing trawlers to "plunder" vulnerable fish stocks should be scrapped, scientists say.
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Environmentalists urged fishing nations Thursday to do more to protect the rare Patagonian toothfish, dubbed the "white gold" of the sea which is being driven to extinction by rampant poaching.
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The United Nations needs to stop  the destruction of deep sea ecosystems by banning fishermen  from trawling nets on the ocean floor, Australia, New Zealand  and Palau, joined by actress Sigourney Weaver, said on Tuesday.
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The European Union's top fisheries official on Tuesday pressed for stronger protections for the overfished bluefin tuna, an increasingly rare delicacy in high-end restaurants around the world.
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Some 30% of UK waters should be closed to fishing to save marine life from destruction, a report says.
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A model of the North Sea's ecosystem suggests the total fish stock has dropped from 26 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes in just over a century.
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A Royal Commission warns species are at risk unless steps are taken to close up to a third of UK fishing grounds.
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By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Feb. 21--AUGUSTA -- Fishermen squared off against fishermen Tuesday over a proposal to ban several types of live bait that some anglers say could harm Maine's brook trout and other sport fish populations.
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Scientists say drastic measures need to be taken to restore the bluefin.
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Scientists blame excessive fishing in the Black Sea for destabilising its ecosystem, allowing an invasive jellyfish to thrive.