'Deep Decline': Half of UK's top 10 fish stocks critically low or overexploited

Stuart Stone
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One-in-six UK fish stocks are in a critical condition but are still being fished beyond safe limits, new Oceana UK report warns

Half of the UK's top 10 commercial fish stocks, including North Sea cod and herring, North East Atlantic mackerel and Southern North Sea edible crab, are in a critical condition, being overexploited,...

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