Sea Shepherd’s Epic Ocean Chase of a Notorious Poacher!!! (link added)

[Omaha Steve]

Illegal fishing vessel Thunder. (Photo: Courtesy Seashepherd.org)

http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/01/09/sea-shepherd-middle-epic-chase-illegal-fishing-boat?cmpid=tpenviro-eml-2015-01-10-countries
A blacklisted ship is in hot water after the environmental group busted it illegally catching Patagonian toothfish.

January 09, 2015 By Taylor Hill

Taylor Hill is TakePart's associate environment and wildlife editor.


Its been more than three weeks since the environmental group Sea Shepherd started chasing a blacklisted vessel illegally fishing in the Southern Ocean.

One thousand nautical miles later, Sea Shepherd’s Bob Barker is still in hot pursuit.

Captain Peter Hammarstedt and the crew aboard the 788-ton Bob Barker spotted the Nigerian-flagged boat, Thunder, illegally fishing in an area regulated by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. The international watchdog had put the Thunder on its blacklist of fishing operators.

“When we found them, they were actively fishing,” Hammarstedt told AFP. Sea Shepherd said the boat was using illegal gill nets to catch Patagonian toothfish, often sold as Chilean sea bass in high-end restaurants.

FULL story at link.

[markpkessinger]

1. You forgot to include a link n/t

[Omaha Steve]

2. Fixed it

I did one of those last night too. Thanks for the heads up.

OS

[roody]

3. SS is a great organization! nt

[Cha]

4. Go Sea Shepherd!

[Beaverhausen]

5. Go Sea Shepherds!!!

[shenmue]

6. Go get 'em!

[tblue]

7. My heroes!!!

Stay safe!


Thanks for the op!

[flvegan]

8. Ramming speed.

"Two gillnets left behind by Thunder were retrieved with more than 700 Patagonian toothfish and other marine life dead in the mesh, Sea Shepherd said.

Toothfish are sold as Chilean sea bass which is popular in high-end restaurants. It sells primarily in the United States, Europe and Japan, though there is also a growing market in China."

Send it to the bottom. Thank you Sea Shepherd for actually giving a damn and DOING something.