"This is well illustrated by the rich harvests of fishermen after the Second World War and the rebuilding of North Sea herring stocks after the decline of the 1970s, " said Holm.

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Faced with collapsing fish populations, whether the disappearance of the cod fishery on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland or the failure of the North Sea herring fisheries, the reaction has been one of half-hearted measures: too little done too late in a chain of endless procrastination excused by the need for ever more scientific research.

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Atlanto-Scandian herring is a distinct stock that is found in the north-east Atlantic and is separate from North Sea and West of Scotland herring.

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