Stop Barents Overfishing
On November 4-8 the Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Committee will meet above the polar circle, on the Lofoten Islands in Norway. The meeting will decide not only next year’s cod quota in the enormous Barents sea in the Arctic ocean, but will show if Governments are able to manage the fisheries resources in a sustainable way.
A large number of fish stocks are depleted because of overfishing. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has estimated that 75 percent of the world’s fish stocks are fully exploited, over exploited or in crisis.
The cod in the Barents is, according to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), outside safe biological limits. Several other cod stocks are collapsing and ICES has recommended no cod fishing in the North Sea and adjacent waters, the Irish Sea and waters to the west of Scotland. The situation in the Barents is yet somewhat brighter, but it is required that overfishing is stopped immediately. The cod in the Barents is the basis for one of the world’s most important capture fisheries and a collapse in the stock will have severe ecological and social consequences.
On November 4-8 the Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Committee will meet above the polar circle, on the Lofoten Islands in Norway. The meeting will decide not only next year’s cod quota in the enormous Barents sea in the Arctic ocean, but will show if Governments are able to manage the fisheries resources in a sustainable way.
A large number of fish stocks are depleted because of overfishing. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has estimated that 75 percent of the world’s fish stocks are fully exploited, over exploited or in crisis.
The cod in the Barents is, according to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), outside safe biological limits. Several other cod stocks are collapsing and ICES has recommended no cod fishing in the North Sea and adjacent waters, the Irish Sea and waters to the west of Scotland. The situation in the Barents is yet somewhat brighter, but it is required that overfishing is stopped immediately. The cod in the Barents is the basis for one of the world’s most important capture fisheries and a collapse in the stock will have severe ecological and social consequences.