Earlier this month three fishing trawlers illegally operating in the Antarctic were shadowed by the New Zealand navy. Because of rough seas the captain of the NZ patrol boat decided that it would be too dangerous to make a forced boarding and after almost of week of cat and mouse chases between the ice floes and bergs of the Antarctic the three trawlers escaped.
The trawlers, all with a history of illegal fishing, were after Antarctic tooth fish. – sometimes misnamed as Antarctic cod – which are sold as Chilean Sea Bass. It’s big business too with each of the three ships being able to hold more