At last some good news for crisis stricken cod

The success of our sustainable seafood campaign means that many UK supermarkets now source most of their cod from Icelandic waters - which are the healthiest when compared to the battered state of other European stocks (in the North, Baltic and Barents seas, for example), but also a region in which fish numbers are declining. This decline is now having a great influence on Iceland's approach to managing its cod stocks.

Follow the crew of the Arctic Sunrise on their campaign for Marine Reserves in our North Sea Tour blog

So, what is it like floating in the North Sea in the path of a fishing vessel? Wet. And salty. No, really. I was so concerned with making sure the photographer could see my 'STOP - Cod in Crisis' sign, and trying not to swallow too much seawater, that I forgot all about the fishing boat with its big steel cables towing its huge trawl net behind me. I'd stopped being scared - all the fear came beforehand.