Dr Kwi Young Han with cod (IMAGE)

Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)

Dr Kwi Young Han with cod

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Dr Kwi Young Han holds a cod. Once a giant, today a full-grown specimen can be held in two hands. The 'shrinking' of the cod, as well as the decline in its population, is due to decades of intensive fishing combined with environmental changes.

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Photo: Thorsten Reusch, GEOMAR

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