A number of NGOs announced on Thursday 23 February that they had written to the European Commission to call for the closure of the flatfish fishery and a ban on by-catches of cod in the western area of the Baltic Sea in order to protect cod resources.
The organisations, among which feature Oceana Europe, BirdLife, the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation Henning, and the Danish Society for Nature Conservation, want the rules of the common...