Why Europe's fisheries management needs an overhaul

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May 22, 2025, 3:56 pm183 ptsTrendingTop
As legally required by the European Union, sustainable fisheries may not extract more fish than can regrow each year. Yet about 70% of commercially targeted fish stocks in northern EU waters are either overfished, have shrunken population sizes or have collapsed entirely.

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