Four years ago, according to this 2007 Greenpeace report, North Sea cod had only a few years to go before it became extinct...
last year, the Sunday Times ran a story saying that there were less than 100 adult cod left in the North Sea, there are plenty of other similar stories reported by the press...
http://blog.through-the-gaps.co.uk/2012/07/seafish-comment-on-cod-and-other.html
Jump forward to Peterhead fish market this week awash with a huge run of cod landed from boats like the Lapwing, Budding Rose ...
and the Ocean Venture who filled up with haddock