In Cod We Trust,
Bob
They caught nearly all the cod in the North Sea. There are not enough
left to justify attempts to catch them. On the subject of cod, there
was the Danish fisherman who caught a blind cod. He felt sorry for it
and threw it back. Every day for a month he threw it back. Finally he
took it ashore to an aquarium.

Casady
I don't get it. Was that a joke?

The North Sea cod are gone and that is no joke. And the story about
the blind fish was told as truth.

Casady

The North seas stocks of cod are not in good condition but they are
far from "Gone". They are still be commercially overfished which is not
a good thing but they are not gone.
Gordon