Curtis Barnett, mate on board the M/V Arctic Sunrise, unhooks and frees a Patagonian toothfish that had been caught on a pirate vessel's longline in the Southern Ocean. Greenpeace confiscated 5 kilometers of illegal on 20 March 2000, and freed 58 toothfish, also known as Chilean Sea Bass, in the process.

Greenpeace demands a moratorium on fishing for Chilean Sea Bass until the problem of pirate fishing in the Southern Ocean can be brought under control. Click on the image to view a larger photograph and check out the action gallery for more pictures from our Southern Ocean Expedition.