The audit of British fisheries published on Friday 22 January by the NGO Oceana provides a worrying assessment of the state of fish stocks in UK waters.
While the EU and the UK are negotiating Total Allowable Catches (TACs) for 2021 for jointly managed species, the Oceana report shows that only 36% of the 104 audited stocks were known to be healthy in terms of stock size and only 38% sustainably exploited.
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