UK Media Freaks out over Future of Fish and Chips if North Sea Cod Declines; Forgets Barents Sea
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Washington Post] by Chris Mooney - April 15, 2015
Nowhere do people love fish and chips more than in the United Kingdom, where the National Federation of Fish Friers calls it "the undisputed National dish of Great Britain" and claims sales of 1.2 billion pounds sterling per year.
No wonder, then, that when a new study came out yesterday seeming to suggest that the dramatic warming of North Sea waters due to climate change could threaten stocks of fish like haddock — one of the leading fish components of the dish, along with cod — there was something of a media freakout.
"Global warming could make haddock and chips a thing of the past," blared the UK Mirror. "Fish and chips on the brink of extinction due to warming seas," added International Business Times. Many other headlines suggested more or less the same...
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