article_snippet.sent: Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt said the crew of an alleged poaching vessel had been handed over to the Sao Tome coastguard early Tuesday.
article_snippet.sent: Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt said Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt hoped the authorities would work with Interpol to prosecute those operating the Sao Tome coastguard early Tuesday.
article_snippet.sent: We obviously want to see the captain of the Thunder prosecuted for the captain of the Thunder offenses," the captain of the Thunder told We by phone from the Bob Barker, at sea to the west of Sao Tome.
article_snippet.sent: Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt said Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt believed the Thunder was deliberately sunk to destroy physical evidence of illegal fishing.
article_snippet.sent: I'm 100% confident that the captain of the Thunder destroyed the captain of the Thunder own ship," the captain of the Thunder said.
article_snippet.sent: Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt said Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt had managed to send three crew members aboard the Thunder the Thunder before the Thunder went down.
article_snippet.sent: Usually what happens when a vessel is sinking is the master will ensure all compartments and hatches are shut so as to maintain buoyancy," Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt said.
article_snippet.sent: Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt said three crew members had retrieved computers, mobile phones and other devices from the Thunder that would be handed over to assist any investigation.
article_snippet.sent: three crew members had also retrieved a fish from the ship's fish hold, which Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt said was about a quarter full.
article_snippet.sent: Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt said a fish was a toothfish, the prized stock Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt organization claims the Thunder the Thunder was illegally catching when three crew members were encountered in the Southern Ocean.
article_snippet.sent: More surprising was the reaction of the captain of the Thunder as the ship went under, Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt claimed.
article_snippet.sent: When a vessel went completely under the water, the captain of the Thunder, who was in a life raft at the time, started cheering and applauding, which was very unusual behavior for a skipper who had just lost the ship," Bob Barker Captain Peter Hammarstedt said.
article_snippet.sent: But the Indonesian crew who made up the majority of those on board