“It was shocking bearing witness to the extent of indifference towards the life in the ocean that Danish fishermen demonstrated by fishing in the protected area. They know that the cod stock in Kattegat is close to collapse and still they don’t respect the few conservation initiatives that exist.” Hanne Lyng Winter, Marine biologist and oceans campaigner, Greenpeace Nordic
Exposing Pirate Fishing
6 Gilleleje harbor. Greenpeace tracked 6 fishing vessels from the Gilleleje fleet as they conducted illegal fishing in a protected area of Kattegat. © Sune Scheller / Greenpeace