Dispute Over Fishing Bans in the Baltic Sea Comes to a Head
A final wake-up call or exaggerated alarmism? Two researchers from the renowned Geomar Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research in Kiel have reignited the long-simmering dispute over the future of Baltic Sea fishing with a plea for an immediate and complete stop to cod and herring fishing on the German Baltic Sea coast.
"The stock is now so small that it cannot recover without a general fishing ban," marine biologist Rainer Froese told WELT.
The decision by the then Federal Minister of Agriculture, Cem Özdemir (Greens)...
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