Selective gears helping rebuild Baltic cod stocks

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Source: European Commission

New EU legislation for flatfish fisheries aimed at reducing incidental catches of heavily-depleted cod

The European Union has adopted new legislation to make the flatfish fisheries in the Baltic Sea more selective by reducing incidental catches of cod, a heavily depleted stock, with the use of more selective gears. 

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