The population of North Sea cod stocks, that was once disastrously over-fished, is rapidly improving, according to scientists.
In the 1970s the cod catch from the North Sea peaked at 270,000 tonnes per year but after years of over-fishing that figure fell to just 44,000 tonnes in 2006, say the International Council for The Exploration of the Sea [ICES].
But those fears that the population was on the verge of collapse have now been relieved as after the species was placed on the endangered list, the annual catch of cod has risen to around 150,000, according to the ICES.
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