Three-week chase ends in trawler capture
Australian customs officials and armed South African police seized a Uruguayan trawler suspected of poaching endangered fish today, ending a three-week chase through icy Antarctic waters.
The trawlerās crew ā including a Uruguayan government official ā is accused of illegally catching Patagonian toothfish, also known as Chilean sea bass, a delicacy known as āwhite goldā because of the quality and price of its flaky flesh.





