ICES fishing advice dramatically below sustainable levels, says new report

ICES stopped the overfishing of several stocks 30 years ago with such powerful measures that for a number of years there has been, in some cases, a 50 percent underfishing of stocks.

A Danish research group now concludes that ICES 'precautionary calculations of stocks have, over many years, led to a sharp underfishing of the stocks. — A Danish research group now concludes that ICES 'precautionary calculations of stocks have, over many years, led to a sharp underfishing of the stocks.Foto: Rune Kvamme

Einar Lindbæk

Published 19 October 2020, 07:20Updated 19 October 2020, 11:59