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The FV Thunder was an outlaw fishing vessel sunk in 2015. The ship was built in 1969 in Norway and has gone by many names, including Vesturvón, Arctic Ranger, Rubin, Typhoon I, Kuko, and Wuhan N4.〔 The ship was last registered in Lagos, Nigeria; however, the ship was officially delisted by Nigeria a week before it sank. At the time of its sinking, the crew consisted of 30 Indonesians and 10 officers from Spain, Chile, and Portugal, who were turned over to the authorities in São Tomé and Príncipe.〔 The officers of the crew were later tried and convicted of several illegal fishing offences. The captain, Luis Alfonso Rubio Cataldo of Chile, was given a three year sentence. The ship's chief engineer, Agustín Dosil Rey of Spain, was given a two year and nine month sentence. The ship's second mechanic, Luis Miguel Pérez Fernández of Spain, was given a two year and eight month sentence. Together, they were fined a total of over $17 million. Interpol believes that the vessel was part of a fleet of six operating through shell corporations under Vidal Armadores, a company based in Spain.〔 An Interpol notice for the ship was released on 12 April 2013. In May 2014, the Thunder was stopped by Malaysian officials for illegal fishing; however, they let the ship go after a fine of $90,000 was paid.〔 From December 17, 2014 to April 6, 2015 two Sea Shepherd vessels, The MY Bob Barker and the MY Sam Simon, as part of "Operation Icefish," pursued the renegade trawler ''Thunder'' for 10,000 miles from Antarctic waters where it was illegally fishing for Patagonian toothfish to where the ''Thunder'' was scuttled in the waters of São Tomé and Príncipe at . The ship was first intercepted on December 17, 2014 at , inside the CCAMLR (Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) region of management while deploying illegal gillnets. The pursuit of the Thunder lasted 110 days, breaking the previous record of 21 days, set by the Australian patrol vessel, Southern Supporter, in its pursuit of the Viarsa 1 in 2003. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thunder (ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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