Daily Mail: Praise to Cod, it Built the British Empire and is Now Come Back
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Daily Mail] by Philip Hoare August 20, 2015
* Recently cod stocks ran so low it was almost in danger of extinction in UK
* EU then set strict catch limits in 2006 to curb the numbers being fished
* Now fisheries are reporting a strong increase in North Sea cod stocks
Britain’s national bird may be the robin, as a recent poll decided, but our national fish is surely the cod. Not because of its beauty — it’s hardly a picturesque creature, with its bug eyes, big mouth and rubbery lips. But because it has been so firmly part of our diet for centuries
The word ‘cod’ conjures up one thing in many Britons’ minds — fish and chips. To many there’s no finer supper.
Yet just a few years ago, cod stocks ran so low that the fish was almost in danger of extinction in UK waters....
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