Sea Shepherd Calls for Military Vessels to Apprehend Pirate Toothfish Vessel
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [South China Morning Post] By Julian Ryall - March 31, 2015 -
Environmental campaigners Sea Shepherd have called on governments to use their warships to intercept a vessel wanted for poaching prized Patagonian toothfish in Antarctic waters, after the activists’ three-month pursuit of the rogue fishing boat.
The chase at the bottom of the world has taken on a desperate edge, with the captain of the stateless and unregistered fishing boat, the Thunder, reportedly claiming that one of its crew had attempted suicide.
Sea Shepherd said it believed the Thunder’s crewmen were being held against their will, and as slaves, they should be rescued by foreign navies. Sea Shepherd ships have been shadowing the formerly Nigerian-registered Thunder since it was first found using illegal gillnets to land toothfish on the Banzare Bank in Antarctica on December 17 .
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