In order to preserve dwindling cod stocks in the North Sea, EC fisheries ministers have cut cod quotas by 45 percent. But marine ecologists warn that the cod stocks are at historically low levels and that without controls, they might be wiped out entirely. Quentin Cooper talks to Dr Colin Bannister from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and Dr Mike Heath from the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen about the crisis.
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