Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Illegal-Cod-Fishing---Baltic-Tour--Baltic-Sea--2006--27MZIFLBUR7W.htmlConceptually similarCod - Baltic Tour (Baltic Sea: 2006)GP01FL1Completed★★★★Cod - Baltic Tour (Baltic Sea: 2006)GP018DKCompleted★★★★Illegal Fishing - Baltic Tour (Baltic Sea: 2006)GP0198MCompleted★★★★Illegal Fishing Net - Baltic Tour (Baltic Sea: 2006)GP018LUCompleted★★★★Illegal Fishing Net - Baltic Tour (Baltic Sea: 2006)GP019FHCompleted★★★★Illegal Fishing Area - Baltic Tour (Baltic Sea: 2006)GP018AYCompleted★★★★Measuring Net - Baltic Tour (Baltic Sea: 2006)GP01997Completed★★★★Ivona Roman - Baltic Tour (Baltic Sea: 2006)GP0197BCompleted★★★★Fishing Documentation - Defending Our Oceans (Pacific: 2006)GP0ODBCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP018Z6Illegal Cod Fishing - Baltic Tour (Baltic Sea: 2006)During an inspection Greenpeace finds a Polish fishing boat with nets for cod on-board. Fishing for cod is illegal in this area due to over-fishing. Once so dense that fish could literally be scooped out of the sea, the majority of the cod stocks worldwide are now commercially extinct, or very close to it.Locations:Baltic Sea-International WatersDate:13 Sep, 2006Credit:© Greenpeace / Christian AslundMaximum size:4288px X 2848pxKeywords:Commercial fishing-Day-Fishers-Fishing (Industry)-Fishing vessels-KWCI (GPI)-Men-Oceans (campaign title)-Outdoors-Pirate fishing-Two peopleShoot:Oceans and Toxics Tour in the Baltic SeaThe Arctic Sunrise tours the Baltic Sea, as Greenpeace looks at issues concerning both oceans and toxics campaigns. They expose pirate fishing in the Baltic and highlight the threat to marine life species such as cod, which is being fished close to or beyond safe biological limits. In order to protect this area marine reserves need to be implemented. Greenpeace also stage an action against the cargo vessel Probo Koala. On 19th August this year the Probo Koala unloaded a toxic waste shipment in the West African town of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. This shipment killed seven people and poisoned another 44,000.Related Collections:Oceans and Toxics Tour in the Baltic Sea (Photos & Videos)Planet Ocean (All Photographers)Defending our Oceans (All Photographers)