Brussels, 13/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 12 October, the EU Fish Processors Association, AIPCE, published a study confirming the decline in stocks and landings in the EU of white fish (cod, coley/saithe, haddock, hake plaice, Alaska Pollack and redfish), while imports from third countries continue to rise.
AIPCE says that white fish catches fell by more than 6% between 2004 and 2005, a potential loss of 27.6% of volume. This is due to reductions in quotas set by the EU and to cod and hake...