Fish Dependence Day: UK "runs out of stock" for 2012

Jessica Shankleman
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New Economics Foundation report shows that if the UK wants to maintain fish stocks it will effectively be reliant on imports from tomorrow

The UK has effectively consumed as much fish as it can sustainably this year, according to a study examining the scale of dependency on imports by European Union member states. The New Economics Foundation...

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