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Find out how your country plays a role in the illegal decimation of the
Patagonian toothfish.
What do we mean by pirate fishing vessels
anyway?
Also, check out our of known pirate fishing vessels in the Southern Ocean.
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South Africa
- CCAMLR country
- Sub-Antarctic fishing grounds - The Patagonian toothfish fishery
around South Africa's Prince Edward and Marion Islands was fished to
commercial extinction in just two years.
- Licensed fishing country - South Africa is one of the CCAMLR
members continuing a 'legal' fishery for toothfish despite massive uncertainty
about the impact of illegal fishing on stocks of toothfish. The presence
of legal fish on the market provides a convenient cover for the pirates
to trade their illegal fish. In November 1999 announced further exploratory
fishing.
- Pirate home country - South African companies own pirate vessels
and were involved in the pirate toothfish fishery particularly at its
peak in the mid 1990s.
- Pirate port - Pirate fishing vessels, including some owned
by South African companies, have been known to land their southern Indian
Ocean catches in Cape Town and Durban. South Africa was a major pirate
port at the peak of pirate fishing for toothfish before government restrictions
forced some of the pirate landings to Mauritius.
Contact the South African government.
Click on the map to find out how your region plays a role in the illegal decimation of the Patagonian Toothfish.
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