TASC chairman Pete Wilkinson
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"Cefas’ stated aim is ‘to help keep our seas, oceans and rivers healthy and productive, and our seafood safe and sustainable’. Instead, it seems that Cefas appears quite at ease with itself presiding over the deaths of millions of fish, and clearly feels the huge number of fish deaths is acceptable, in that the overall health of fish stocks will not be compromised."
Sizewell C said it did not recognise TASC's figures, adding: “Our assessments show that the fish impacted are mainly sprat and herring. The intake of these species by Sizewell C is 0.01% of the stock in the area.