Britische Fish-and-Chip-Liebhaber werden aufgefordert, angesichts der Bevölkerungskrise den Verzehr von in Großbritannien gefangenem Kabeljau vollständig zu vermeiden. Naturschützer warnen davor, dass die Kabeljaupopulationen „auf einem gefährlich niedrigen Niveau“ sind.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-cod-fish-uk-population-crisis-b2954326.html
Von ByGollie
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They were saying this when I left the UK thirty years ago…
The Cod are also Brexiting.
Icelander here: And the British wonder why we didn’t want them fishing in our waters.
Slight headline editorialisation inserting locations and byline for clarity.
[ICES recommendation](https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Cod_i_Gadus_morhua_i_in_Subarea_4_divisions_6_a_and_7_d_and_Subdivision_20_North_Sea_West_of_Scotland_eastern_English_Channel_and_Skagerrak_/27202566?file=58188958) on COD in UK catchement waters.
[ICES Factsheet (PDF)](https://www.ices.dk/about-ICES/projects/EU-RFP/EU%20Repository/ICES%20FIshMap/ICES%20FishMap%20species%20factsheet-cod.pdf)
[Article by Angling Trust](https://anglingtrust.net/2025/09/25/cod-crisis-ices-recommends-zero-catch-in-the-north-sea/) with more detail
This is stupid. Even from just a level of basic humane treatment, we should be engaging in breeding programmes and sanctuary areas.
Shouldn’t the emphasis be on fishermen being told not to catch it? Telling people not to eat it once it’s in the fish shop seems kind of too late.
Shouldn’t they stop fishing then?
Hey Barry, dont you even think of buying Norwegian or icelandic cod.
All their cod is already reserved for us portuguese. Start a captive breeding program
Why can’t we eat other types of fish in this country. So many entrenched people
How about a 5 year moratorium? Only chips, no fish.
Wasn’t fishing as much as they want one the main arguments they gave the public for Brexit?
This is exactly why iceland monitors their cod population before fishing quotas are handed out
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Sorry, but you can’t ask consumers to regulate themselves – they’ll just eat MORE cod „before it disappears“.
Regulate the damn industry.
Cod levels have been low for decades. Pretty sure they had this headline in the 90s.
Fisher are the plunder of the ocean
Overfishing is a massive problem, and Chinese fishermen are the worst for it
Why can’t they eat other types of fish?
If only the government could do something, like restrict the cod fishery to save the stocks. I guess we’ll never know
It would be fine if EU fisherman weren’t allowed in British waters.
I bought vegan fish and chips from Lidl. Curious to try it out.
Fish and chips without cod feels illegal… but wiping out cod completely sounds worse.
Tell Vinnie – he’ll get the codfather to fix it in Brooklyn.
Correct me if I’m wrong but currently in UK waters EU fishing boats are allowed to use those nets that scrape along the ground whereas UK fishing boats aren’t? So perhaps something should be done about that?
Haddock is nice too
I swear cod fishing was forbsde in the canadian coasts in 1992 (and population has not recovered yet). Surprised It is still fished in British waters.
So eat a different fish, like cooley or pollock or haddock or ling, all white meaty fish very similar to cod and in sure the general masses would not know the difference
Canada almost wiped out the huge cod stocks on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland land and even after a thirty-year fishing ban the stocks have not recovered.
Exactly, the problem starts at the source. A temporary ban on fishing would give the population a real chance to recover, and then we could all enjoy it sustainably again. It’s frustrating when the solution feels so obvious.
Cod populations may be low, but cad populations are booming.
I am so sick of politicians doing nothing and putting the blame on the consumers.
just chips sounds great to me
How long before the terminally online members of the political right start eating it out of spite?
Haddock tastes nicer anyway.
I switched to Plaice then found out we’re overfishing that. Now I eat Haddock and I’m sure that’s going to turn out to be unsustainable too…
> The UK consumes more cod than any other country
The portuguese call bullshit on this. Also, stop overfishing our national dish.
Haddock is clearly superior anyways