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Fish and chips could be off the menu: UK cod stocks have crashed by 48%, study warns

Daily Mail Science and Tech · 15 September 2026 at 00:01

Fish and chips could be off the menu: UK cod stocks have crashed by 48%, study warns

UK cod stocks have crashed in the last decade, a study has revealed - amid warnings that the government has 'ignored science' on declining fish populations.

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Fish and chips could be off the menu: UK cod stocks have crashed by 48%, study warns

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