Fishing leaders have branded a proposal for trawlers not to catch cod next year as “mad”.
The fishery advisory board ICE-S says that overfishing has led to critically low levels in some areas since 2019.
But trawlermen warn it could have “very serious consequences” for the future of the industry here.
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