article_snippet.sent: Thunder, one of six vessels known to illegally fish vulnerable toothfish in the Southern Ocean, sunk off the coast of Africa Africa on Monday .
article_snippet.sent: Sea Shepherd claims that board Thunder is one of six vessels known to illegally fish vulnerable toothfish in the Southern Ocean.
article_snippet.sent: The conservation organisation's ships collected and delivered to authorities over 72 kilometres of illegal gillnet that The conservation organisation alleges was abandoned by his vessel in December.
article_snippet.sent: However, on board Thunder, the reverse was done - doors and hatches were tied open and the fishhold was opened.
article_snippet.sent: The conservation organisation's ships collected and delivered to authorities over 72 kilometres of illegal gillnet that The conservation organisation alleges was abandoned by Thunder (pictured) in December .
article_snippet.sent: Operation Icefish has been very successful in exposing the operations of the alleged poachers and making connections between the alleged poachers and fishing companies in Spain.
article_snippet.sent: the Thunderlost the Thunder nets, the Thunder catch and the Thunder profits for the entire season during the pursuit as they face prosecution in whichever port the Thunder is forced to go to once short of fuel and supplies.