EU chief raises cod quota, warns on herring

The Commission suggests the quota for eastern Baltic cod should be raised 15% to 58,957 tonnes in 2011, and the western Baltic cod quota should be raised 6% to 18,800 tonnes.

Fishermen in the Baltic Sea should be allowed to haul in more cod next year but herring populations are in peril and quotas should be cut by nearly a third, said European fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki.

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