Cod War!
From The Barents Observer, August 29:
The European Union wants non-discriminatory cooperation in the management of Arctic cod.
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has triggered the alarm bells as they announced that the stocks of Arctic cod, also known as Polar Cod, have deteriorated at a far faster pace than previously predicted. To avoid further endangering the Polar cod, scientists advise that fishing of the Arctic cod should decrease at least 43 percent by 2022, the European Council says in a statement.
However, Norway and Russia in contrary to the recommendations, are making decisions that are leading to unsustainable fishing of the stock, the Europan Commission claims.
The two countries are planning to decrease fishing Arctic cod by just 20% within the same timeframe, falling more than 50% short of the scientific advice, the EU states. The countries have thus conjunctly deviated from the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) principle, which indicates the highest possible annual fish catch that can be sustained over time, without seeking cooperation with any other relevant stakeholders.
To make things worse, in the time span between 2017 and 2020, both Norway and Russia disregarded their own fishing limits outlined in their bilateral management plan by continuously setting higher fishing quotas, the European Commission says.
These recent events have led to EU fishers calling out their discriminatory treatment as they feel their rights are being overlooked by Norway, which is allowing domestic and Russian fishers to fish a far greater bulk of the Arctic cod stock....
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"How Iceland Beat the British in the Four Cod Wars"
From Gastro Obscura:
For decades, two island nations came to blows over fish.
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