The phrase "cod stocks" refers to the population or abundance of cod fish in a specific area, particularly in reference to its sustainability and conservation. Full definition
In a news briefing, researchers from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and Stony Brook University warned that rapidly warming waters in the Gulf of Maine have contributed to the collapse of cod stocks — despite cutbacks in fishing beginning in 2010. (aaas.org)
The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, for example, presided over the collapse of Atlantic cod stocks in the 1980s. (canadianbusiness.com)
are intended to adapt the general mechanism for setting the TACs and the fishing effort limitations in order to remedy the shortcomings arising from the application of the previous rules on automatic reduction, which were jeopardising attainment of the objectives of the multiannual recovery plan for cod stocks. (europeanlawblog.eu)