Its effect has been not only to limit fishing for cod in the North Sea, which accounts for approximately 5% of the fish landed, but also to prevent fishing vessels from leaving port even when they own fishing quota for the 95% of other fish.
Načrt je ne samo omejil ribolov trske v Severnem morju, ki predstavlja približno 5 % iztovorjenih rib, ampak je tudi preprečil ribiškim plovilom, da bi zapustila pristanišče, čeprav so imela ribolovne kvote za 95 % drugih rib.