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Increase the mesh size commercial trawlers use to protect fish stocks

Submitted on Tuesday 29th July 2014

Published on Wednesday 30th July 2014

Current status: Closed

Closed: Monday 30th March 2015

Signatures: 6

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Increase the mesh size commercial trawlers use to protect fish stocks

Additional Information

Cod are a shoal species, but as individual fish grow, the number in the shoal decreases. Once a codling reaches 3lb, it is big enough to be trapped by the commercial gill net mesh and that's when a dramatic decrease in numbers occurs.

Mesh sizes need to increase to allow stocks to recover!


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