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muriel_volestrangler

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3. Very little of the cod consumed in the UK comes from British waters

Reply to flvegan (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 06:47 PM

Thursday

Most of the cod available to the UK is imported from other countries. It’s the top
imported species by volume with most imports consigned from China and Iceland.
To year end March 2024 cod imports totalled 190,267 tonnes. A further 15,040
tonnes are landed to the UK by fishing vessels and over half of this volume is
exported at 7,955 tonnes with most destined for the EU.

https://www.seafish.org/media/fqpfrd5g/2024-june-cod-factsheet.pdf

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After Decades Of Overfishing UK Fisheries On Brink Of Collapse; 99% Of Adult Cod Gone From Southern Waters [View all] hatrack Thursday OP

Maybe we should simply stop eating it. n/t flvegan Thursday #1

"But that would require us to change our habits! UK!!! UK!!! UK!!! UK!!! UK!!!" hatrack Thursday #2

Very little of the cod consumed in the UK comes from British waters muriel_volestrangler Thursday #3

That's because they've so fucked up their fishing stocks of it flvegan Thursday #4