UPDATED 17:50 PM EST, December 14, 2012
The WWF wildlife group produced a report Friday highlighting how EU nations have followed scientific advice in only 13 percent of their decisions on setting fisheries quotas over the past nine years.
WWF said that quotas EU nations set for their fisheries industry are on average 45 percent higher than the scientific recommendations.
"We see the consequences of this bad decision-making in the depleted status of our fish stocks," said WWF expert Roberto Ferrigno.
