The price of fish and chips was set to rise today after scientists in Brussels called for a ban on catching North Sea cod. They warned that any attempt to stop fishing of cod will also mean measures ...

Global warming is affecting the number of cod that can be caught, so fishermen and chip shops alike are hoping fish-lovers will make the transition towards the less-traditional battered delicacy. Hake ...

June 23 was a historic day for cod. A source of the species of fish that has been so hard to buy with a clear conscience was finally certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the body that ...

Fishermen have hit out at a “zero catch” recommendation for cod stocks for part of the North Sea, warning that implementing such a policy would be “fleet-ending madness”. The sector insisted that ...

It IS still a very long way off but the fish supper that we know and love could have had its chips. As the North Sea stocks of cod and haddock decrease and their prices continue to rise, consumers are ...

For my last fishing outing, I chose a sunny autumnal day with golden sunshine warming the sleepy villages on my way to Withernsea. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can ...

Four cod, which could have come out of the same mould, taken at The Beacons at Newbiggin and weighing 14lb 9oz 8dm, won the day for Birtley's Andrew Hooper in the Newbiggin Open. Paul Robinson, of ...

A keen fisherman is celebrating catching what is believed to be the biggest cod ever reeled in by a British angler. Matthew Lowery, 39, a pharmacist from Newcastle, spent 10 minutes battling with the ...

Cod has become an endangered species after years of over-fishing, and it could soon disappear from our dinner plates. For the second year running, the International Council for the Exploration of the ...

The price of fish and chips was set to rise today after scientists in Brussels called for a ban on catching North Sea cod. They warned that any attempt to stop fishing of cod will also mean measures ...