EU agrees cod stocks rescue plans

European fisheries ministers have agreed a plan aimed at increasing dwindling cod stocks.

The new plans envisage using better nets that allow smaller cod to escape, as well as closing certain areas to fishing when cod are spawning.

Ministers have admitted the plan will be difficult for
fishermen to achieve.

But they say the incentive will be larger quotas in
areas like the North Sea, where cod stocks are
beginning to recover.

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