Seagrass provides a key marine habitat, writes Richard Unsworth - it stablises the sea floor, sustains rich ecosystems, soaks up excess nutrients, sequesters carbon dioxide, feeds dugongs, and nurtures young cod. Hadn't we better stop wiping out some 1,500 sq.km of seagrass meadows every year?
… For the love of cod, let's save our disappearing seagrass … 2014 Comment Oceans Fish Ecology Food cod-seagrass-john-carroll-cut.jpg Seagrass. … dioxide, feeds dugongs, and nurtures young cod. Hadn't we better stop wiping out some …
Trawlers in an MSC-certified 'sustainable' lobster fishery producing have been caught in the act of using illegally modified nets to target valuable cod. The MSC has been notified but considers the evidence insufficient to act, so the lobsters still carry the MSC label.
… News Fishing Oceans Sweden Regulation lobster_cod_article-cut.jpg Trawlers in an … illegally modified nets to target valuable cod. The MSC has been notified but considers … fishermen illegally targetting protected cod stocks in the exact same fishery - and has …
The Celtic Sea, English Channel and southern North Sea have experienced significant warming over the past 40 years.
… Climate could take cod off the menu Rod Minchin | 10th August … Fishing Food And Farming Fish And Chips fried_cod_and_chips_.jpg The Celtic Sea, English … the past 40 years. Popular dishes such as cod and chips could be under threat and …
A new report on the Channel's fisheries is a timely reminder of the ecological trend to 'simplification' as whole trophic levels are stripped away by over-exploitation, writes Horatio Morpurgo. Yet the government's profit-focused vision of 'sustainability' is missing the essential element - allowing the recovery of marine ecosystems.
… Country harbour will serve over four thousand cod meals in a week. The most English of … between those fishing grounds and the cod we continue to eat has never been more … French ports, 48% of landings in 1920 were of cod, haddock and hake. The figure in 2010 …
The strongly protected marine reserve in Lamlash Bay, Arran, has been a huge success, write Bryce Stewart & Leigh Howarth, with abandant life returning to the once denuded waters. The government's refusal to expand such protections represents a huge wasted opportunity for both fishing and the marine environment.
… were slim to remote. Once plentiful stocks of cod, haddock and plaice have almost completely … turn act as a magnet for juvenile scallops, cod and other tasty species. Adult scallops … given their ecological importance. Atlantic cod, for instance, rely on seagrass for …
Fishing quotas were meant to conserve stocks and support fishing communities, writes Emma Cardwell. But they have achieved the reverse - rewarding the most rapacious fishing enterprises and leaving small scale fisherfolk with nothing.
… right to (as an example) 3% of 100 tonnes of cod in 2003, and 3% of 25 tonnes of cod in 2005. Applying Hardin's tragedy of the … would prove highly problematic. Iceland's 'cod bubble' A bleak illustration of these …
The UK's coastal waters are producing little but tiddlers and scallops, writes Jason Hall-Spencer - and to blame is the endless gouging of the seabed by trawlers and dredgers - even in 'marine reserves'. We must allow our marine ecosystems to rebuild!
… the last decade. In that time the amount of cod, haddock and hake dropped from 48% to just … species that live near the sea bed such as cod, ling, hake and haddock which are prized … left are tiddlers. Our supermarkets stock cod and haddock freighted in from Iceland and …
Claims such as 'responsibly farmed' are being used to boost supermarket sales but do not always mean an environmentally-friendly fish product
… sharks, rays and turtles. In another example, Cod at Marks and Spencer was labelled as … but comes from Canada where it is known that cod stock is in decline. The company declined …
Scientists believe a ban on certain catches, including cod and plaice, could allow populations to recover, but their calls have been dismissed by the fishing industry
… believe a ban on certain catches, including cod and plaice, could allow populations to … Froese. Fishermen The report says North Sea cod and plaice stocks would need ten and six …
The much-derided Common Fisheries Policy must be one of the EU's most unpopular aspects, write Bryce Stewart & Griffin Carpenter. But in fact it has been a notable success, reflecting public concern over bycatch discards and restoring sustainability to Europe's fishing grounds, and profitability to a long declining industry.
… fished. Take the case of North Sea cod: once the 'poster child' for overfishing … national boundaries. Mackerel, herring, cod and other commercial species are all … original article . Take the case of North Sea cod: once the 'poster child' for overfishing …
Monkfish, skates and rays, crab and lobster from some UK fisheries are among 14 kinds of sea life joining those with a red rating from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).
… are mixed ratings for Celtic Sea haddock, cod and whiting, with warnings that the populations of cod and whiting caught there are at …
A marine biologist by trade and a conservationist by nature, Monty Halls is an unlikely champion for the fishing industry. A classic case of gamekeeper turned poacher? Not so says Halls. As he explains to Ruth Styles, nothing is simple when it comes to sustainable fish
… variety of fish to help take pressure off cod stocks. But amidst the hue and cry, and … it. Despite the warnings, we continue to eat cod and choose tiger prawns raised in …
Two huge open pit mines in northern Norway are on the verge of approval, writes Tina Andersen Vågenes - even though they would dump hundreds of millions of tonnes of tailings in fjords where wild salmon spawn. Scientists are voicing serious concerns, and protests are growing, but government and mining companies appear determined to push the projects forward regardless.
… salmon, blue ling and the endangered coastal cod, and a site where whales and porpoises … salmon, blue ling and the endangered coastal cod. …
Study finds large chunk of almost £4 billion in subsidy payments has been used to increase fleet capacity in Europe and 'exacerbate' the problem of overfishing
… the overfishing of depleted stocks such as cod and bluefin tuna, according to new …
The scientific case for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is now overwhelming. The bigger question is how can they be managed more effectively? HORATIO MORPURGO reports
… might think of as a single mobile species - cod, say - is actually a conglomerate of many …
Until demand for fish is balanced with sustainable methods of production, write Ruth Thurstan & Callum Roberts, governments should consider the social and environmental implications of promoting greater fish consumption. Worldwide, wild fish supplies per person have been declining ever since 1970.
… supermarkets comes from all over the world. Cod and haddock are sourced from Iceland and …
A 'summer of protest' is brewing as campaigners vow to protect seals from shooting by salmon farmers in Scotland and managers of wild salmon fisheries, writes Dominic Dyer. The RSPCA's 'Freedom Food' system is driving animal welfare advances on salmon farms - now the model must be extended to wild salmon.
… target prime fish stocks such as salmon and cod. Many fisherman and fish farmers claim …
Is it worse than Mc Donalds? The BLT sandwich is an icon, the ultimate symbol of convenience culture. Tesco alone sells 5 million a year. This is what the £1.80 you pay for your BLT buys...
… what is known as ‘lean’ fish (haddock and cod) and ‘industrial’ fish (including herring, …
With the EU referendum on the horizon, the Common Fisheries Policy is likely to figure in the debate as an exemplar of EU policy failure, writes Griffin Carpenter. But the much maligned and misunderstood CFP is doing a good job: stocks are recovering, bycatch-dumping is banned, and it may even force the UK to give more quota to small-scale fishers.
… war " , the " herring war " , and the " cod wars I and II " . It shouldn't be …
More than seven out of ten edible marine species in the EU are over-fished and coastal communities are dying. So you might think new draft reforms would help reverse this trend. Not so, says Victor Paul Borg, who investigates the impact of changes that the community fishermen themselves do not want
… dover sole for a few months may also target cod using a light otter trawl and cuttlefish …
The Arctic is a special place, teeming with life, but it is under threat like never before, writes Robert Spicer - not just from climate change, but from oil drilling, industrial fishing and shipping, as receding ice creates now commercial opportunities. We must designate an Arctic Sanctuary where nature can reign undisturbed.
… of the ice, and are consumed by Arctic cod. These are eaten by seals, which in turn …