sarettah
08-27-2003, 11:01 PM
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=1...refer=australia (http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=aKwa0zLgncUY&refer=australia)
Australia Captures Fish Poachers After 21-Day Chase, Govt Says
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Australian Customs officers arrested the crew of a boat suspected of poaching Patagonian toothfish in Antarctic waters after a 21-day, 6,275-kilometer (3,900-mile) chase, the government said.
The Uruguayan-registered Viarsa was spotted allegedly hunting the rare fish between Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, about 4,500 kilometers southwest of the Australian coast, on Aug. 7, Australian Fisheries Minister Ian Macdonald said in a statement.
Australia Captures Fish Poachers After 21-Day Chase, Govt Says
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Australian Customs officers arrested the crew of a boat suspected of poaching Patagonian toothfish in Antarctic waters after a 21-day, 6,275-kilometer (3,900-mile) chase, the government said.
The Uruguayan-registered Viarsa was spotted allegedly hunting the rare fish between Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, about 4,500 kilometers southwest of the Australian coast, on Aug. 7, Australian Fisheries Minister Ian Macdonald said in a statement.