date:Jul 26, 2019
adds that while the fishing ban is an essential immediate step to help protect this vulnerable stock, it will revisit the need for longer-term action later in the year.
Scientists also warn of many factors besides fishing that threatens the stock and that need to be addressed separately, including a lack of salinity, too high water temperatures and too little oxygen, as well as parasite infestation.
Total allowable catches for eastern Baltic cod have already been reduced every year since 2014