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Illegal toothfish gillnet found off Antarctica - Australian Broadcasting Corp. |
A destructive 130-kilometre long gillnet has been found deep in the ocean off Antarctica, bulging with 29 tonnes of Antarctic toothfish and a significant bycatch of skates. Australian authorities found the illegal net in the Southern Ocean, in an …
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