Cod, plaice and other species of fish are at risk of vanishing from the Irish and Celtic seas if the UK and EU do not limit or ban the catching of them, a group of marine scientists has warned.
The experts say in a letter to The Times that “the UK is facing a fisheries crisis” in the Irish Sea, which lies between Britain and Ireland, and the Celtic Sea, which lies to the south of Ireland and off the coasts of Wales, Cornwall and Devon, due to collapsing populations of certain species.
Read the full article from the Times here.
View the letter to The Times below.