1.0 link 187951 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-kessler/here-there-be-pirates-and_b_187951.html As Somali pirates have captured the world's attention over the past week, I've been up to my neck in pirates of a different sort. Greenpeace got a tip that several Spanish owned vessels blacklisted for engaging in pirate fishing were en route to Singapore to offload illegally caught Chilean sea bass, or Patagonian toothfish. We alerted U.S. authorities at NOAA, the Coast Guard, and the State Department, each of which deals with pirate fishing. All three agencies were helpful...

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