New advice from ICES for a zero TAC in the iconic North Sea cod fishery is bound to capture headlines, but behind the numbers lies a far more complicated reality, in which a contested computer model and warming seas have led to a nonsensical proposal to stop fishing a population that contains millions of fish and is actually growing.
Dale Rodmell, of the Eastern England FPO, explains in this new article: https://eefpo.org.uk/northern-cod-zero-catch-advice-whats-really-going-on/