Experts urge deep-sea limits

A committee of high-level marine scientists are calling for an immediate drop in fishing effort on deep sea stocks such as the orange roughy. According to a report released by ICES on 11 June 2004, most deep sea fish stocks are being over fished. The full report by the ICES Advisory Committee on Fishery Management about deep sea fish stocks in the northeast is available on the ICES website as a series of PDF files - click on Related URL No.2.

http://www.ices.dk/aboutus/pressrelease/DeepSea2004.pdf http://www.ices.dk/aboutus/pressrelease/DeepSea2004.pdf

http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/acfm.asp?topic=acfmreports http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/acfm.asp?topic=acfmreports

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