Greenpeace confiscates illegal fishing nets with a lot of undersized cod, such as this little one. The net is registered to a Polish vessel that has been fishing illegally in the Baltic Proper.
Cod is particularly endangered in these waters. The North and Baltic Seas were once healthy and thriving, abundant with cod and many other marine creatures. They have since, been badly damaged by years of human activity and are now among the most degraded seas in the world. The majority of the cod stocks worldwide are now commercially extinct, or very close to it.