Net closes on pirate fishers

By Andrew Darby
Updated May 12 2015 - 5:14pm, first published April 8 2015 - 10:51am
The poaching vessel, Thunder, sinks in suspicious circumstances. Photo: Simon Ager
The poaching vessel, Thunder, sinks in suspicious circumstances. Photo: Simon Ager
The poaching vessel Thunder sinks in suspicious circumstances. Photo: Simon Ager/Sea Shepherd
The poaching vessel Thunder sinks in suspicious circumstances. Photo: Simon Ager/Sea Shepherd
The poaching vessel Thunder sinks in suspicious circumstances. Photo: Simon Ager/Sea Shepherd
The poaching vessel Thunder sinks in suspicious circumstances. Photo: Simon Ager/Sea Shepherd
The poaching vessel Thunder sinks in suspicious circumstances. Photo: Simon Ager/Sea Shepherd
The poaching vessel Thunder sinks in suspicious circumstances. Photo: Simon Ager/Sea Shepherd

The suspicious sinking of the Thunder brings the long battle against Antarctic pirate fishers close to an end, legal fishers say. The Thunder sank with its doors and hatches fixed open off West Africa late on Monday.