Verbraucher werden aufgefordert, in Großbritannien gefangenen Kabeljau „komplett zu meiden“, da die Population schrumpft | Angeln
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/consumers-urged-to-completely-avoid-uk-caught-cod-as-population-plunges
Von JackStrawWitchita
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Its already caught at that point. Maybe stop the people actually plunging the cod population..
Would be preferable to ban the sale of it rather than asking people not to buy it.
People will eat it till it goes the way of the dinosaur then complains of the price and unavailability of it, it’s what people are, stupid.
Shall we do a Trump and annex Iceland and nick their cod?
So give away all of our fishing grounds to European trawlers, then tell people not to buy UK caught fish because of overfishing?
> In the Celtic Sea, France gets nearly three times the British allocation of Dover sole, roughly four times more cod and five times more haddock. France has 84 per cent of the quota for cod in the English Channel, while Britain has only 9 per cent.
> European fishermen take 173 times more herring, 45 times more whiting, 16 times more mackerel and 14 times more haddock and cod out of UK waters than British fishermen do.
https://britishseafishing.co.uk/brexit-and-britains-fisheries/
Clearly the problem here is UK consumers!
I always find it strange when some vegetarians eat fish and not other animals. Fishing is one of the most environmentally destructive things that people do and the fish are killed in the least humane way.
European fishing boats are devastating UK cod stocks. We gave away the fishing for another 12 years I believe what an amazing country we are.
It’s unfortunate Starmer [gave away](https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/eu-gets-access-to-british-fishing-waters-for-12-years-under-reset-deal-b1228621.html) the ability to do anything about this in the long-term. Foreign fishing fleets won’t care about sustainability hundreds of miles away from their homes.
Maybe too many people on Earth. 8.3 billions need to eat. Maybe and I say maybe a peaceful reduction in fertility rates worldwide (not just Europe and Japan/South Korea) could help here.
Who would have thought that exponential human growth could be bad for environment, animals, Earth?
Bizarre.
Yes let’s waste the already dead cod rather than do something about the overfishing, that’s bound to help
Got it. Panic buying cod now even although I never normally eat it.
I’m so fucking sick of headlines like this. „Consumers urged“ (by a charity that has said this multiple times before).
Like its obviously trying to bait you into thinking this is a government position or something.
Anytime I read „Chancellor told“ „prme minister urged“ „consumers told“ i just assume its some nobody and ignore it. If it was a real source they’d put that in the headline too.
Ah yes, once again it’s the consumer’s fault. Just like those gambling ads that say „don’t let us ruin your lives, because we will“.
Let’s be realistic, how many people are reading the guardian and then going to their local chippy to say „hello can you tell me the source of this fish?“. J
If we stop polluting waters as well, that’ll help numbers recover, but we can’t do that can we, it’s too much to ask water companies to do their basic duties.
Is it easier to create more fish farms if it’s more demands or are they trying to bump up the price as it’s limited
Even if David Attenborough put out an appeal on TV saying that cod are critically endangered, people would still be queuing up for their cod and chips
How about the Spanish and French fisherman? Have we told them to cod off too?
The issue is European fishermen in our waters, they take many times more fish than we do, in our own waters! Brexit was a disaster exactly because of nonsense like this, we took all the downside of leaving the EU but didn’t take advantage of any of the potential benefits such as controlling our waters or exploiting our natural resources.
Gave away fishing rights to the EU as part of negotiations on getting in on that defence fund – because the EU said that would get us in – only to have France block us from participating anyway, saying „thanks for all the fish!“
Go for haddock when you have the choice in regards to taste.
The best thing you can do to help stop overfishing is to stop eating seafood all together. About five years ago I came to the decision that I could no longer be part of the problem and stopped eating it. I do miss it now and then but knowing I’m not contributing to the problem anymore makes it worthwhile for me. I still eat meat so I’m not some preachy vegan or anything, but at least I’m making a small difference.
Eat more fish because the oil is good for your brain development and prevents malnutrition but also eat less fish because the stocks are being depleted. I’m tired of constant contradictory advice.
When you shoot your nets into the water you honestly have no idea what is going to be in them when you bring them up. If you are targeting demersal fish which cod, haddock, whiting and hake are members of then you could have any of these. The square mesh nets and escape panels are standard in uk fishing nets not necessarily in all European boat nets. This happened in the early 2000’s and decimated the uk fishing fleet with the days at sea rules which lead to mass decommissioning of the fleet and coastal communities left in some cases with no fishing fleet. Only so much can be done and has been done before. Closed blocks to allow spawning, square mesh and escape panels. But you still cannot target not to catch a certain species. If you catch it and have no quota it has to go over the side as discards. Perfectly good fish chucked back dead into the sea.
We should probably check if no fishing zones are being fished or review them to better protect cod populations