Call to freeze fishing in Europe to replenish stocks

A think tank has made a controversial case for freezing fishing in Europe, saying most fish stocks would return to sustainable levels within five years.

The London-based New Economics Foundation (Nef) argues in a report published in September 2012 that the suspension would generate billions of pounds in profits by 2023.

NEF: No Catch Investment. Investing to restore European fish stocks, 2012 http://www.neweconomics.org/nocatchinvestment

NEF: Fish dependence - 2012 update. The increasing reliance of the EU on fish from elsewhere, 2012 http://www.neweconomics.org/publications/fish-dependence-2012-update

NEF: Jobs Lost at Sea. Overfishing and the jobs that never were , 2012 http://www.neweconomics.org/node/1968

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