Liberia: Coast Guard Arrests 'Notorious' Toothfish Poacher, Minister Ziankahn Confirms

The Liberian Coast Guard, though small in number, is trained to effectively arrest illegal vessels on Liberian territorial waters.

On March 13, the Liberian Coast Guard under the Ministry of National Defense with assistance from the marine conservation group Sea Shepherd arrested a notorious Antarctic and Patagonian tooth-fish poaching vessel, famous for plundering the Antarctic in Liberia's territorial waters, according to a release from Sea Shepherd made on Tuesday.

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