Brussels, 21/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - During the Agriculture-Fisheries Council on 20 February, Denmark and Sweden, supported by Poland, Latvia and Spain underlined the urgent need to strengthen international cooperation between coastal countries to combat illegal cod fishing in the Barents sea. Illegal cod fishing is estimated at 100,000 tonnes a year and is predominantly carried out by Russian boats. Illegal catches (the last mass cod stock in the world) are made from cod stocks jointly...