North Sea Cod Crisis Brings Call for Nations to Act

For the fisheries in ports and towns that depend on the North Sea cod, even more restrictions—or even a ban altogether—will soon follow the release of a scientific report outlining the perilous number of North Sea cod. The seemingly interminable discussions of the European Union’s fishing ministries on the matter have only let the cod stock dwindle. Other leaders, like the European Commissioner for the Agriculture, Rural Development and Fishing Industries, see this inaction as what may ultimately determine the Cod’s fate. But a ban would have adverse effects on local fishing economies around the world. - YaleGlobal