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European Fish Stocks Poised for Recovery
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/details-14041.php[font face=Serif][font size=5]European Fish Stocks Poised for Recovery[/font]
[font size=4]The results of a major international effort to assess the status of dozens of European fish stocks find that many of those stocks in the north-east Atlantic are being fished sustainably today and that, given time, those populations should continue to recover.[/font]
[font size=3]The findings, reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on July 18, come as surprisingly good news amid widespread criticism that the European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy is failing, the researchers say.
“Contrary to common perception, the status of our fish stocks is improving,” says Paul Fernandes of the University of Aberdeen. “Many of our stocks are not overfished; nature now needs to take its course for these fish to rebuild their populations.”
“We should be aware that low fishing pressure needs to be maintained until stocks recover,” says Robin Cook of the University of Strathclyde. “This is only the first step. Now we need to see numbers increase as a result of continued low fishing pressure.”
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[font size=4]The results of a major international effort to assess the status of dozens of European fish stocks find that many of those stocks in the north-east Atlantic are being fished sustainably today and that, given time, those populations should continue to recover.[/font]
[font size=3]The findings, reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on July 18, come as surprisingly good news amid widespread criticism that the European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy is failing, the researchers say.
“Contrary to common perception, the status of our fish stocks is improving,” says Paul Fernandes of the University of Aberdeen. “Many of our stocks are not overfished; nature now needs to take its course for these fish to rebuild their populations.”
“We should be aware that low fishing pressure needs to be maintained until stocks recover,” says Robin Cook of the University of Strathclyde. “This is only the first step. Now we need to see numbers increase as a result of continued low fishing pressure.”
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