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New Baltic quotas appease NGOs, yet eastern cod still in dire straits

Eastern Baltic cod and western herring both saw significant quota cuts in the Agrifish negotiations, but environmental campaigners have warned these may not be enough

By Undercurrent News | Oct. 20, 2020 09:49 BST
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Estonia's Baltic Sea coast. Credit: Aleksei Verhovski/Shutterstock.com
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Negotiations for next year's fishing quotas in the Baltic Sea were completed at the EU's Agrifish council on Oct. 19, with environmental NGOs appeased as eight of the 10 quotas under discussion were set within scientific recommendations.  [...]

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