Sunday, 3 February 2013

Cod fishing industry faces catch limits

Boston (UPI) Feb 1, 2013



New catch limits on cod fishing in New England are aimed at allowing depleting cod stocks to recover but fishermen contend the reductions will destroy their industry.
The New England Fishery Management Council voted this week to recommend reductions of 77 percent from last year's cod catch for each of the next three years for Gulf of Maine cod, reducing the catch to 1,550 metric tons a .....