3 Candidate for mayor Rune Ellingsen of Røst, Lofoten referred to Paul Watson as a “terrorist” and “warlord” in an interview with Avisa Nordland 10 June 2015. www.an.no/kommunevalg/rost/ordforerkandidat-pa-linje-med-al-qaida-og-is/s/5-4-108295 (accessed 28.09.2016). Paul Watson responded to Ellingsen’s comments in an interview with the same newspaper, published on 1 July 2015, with the following question: “Does Ellingsen think this is a James Bond movie?” www.an.no/nyheter/planter-og-dyr/skipsfart/tror-ellingsen-at-dette-er-en-james-bond-film/s/5-4-120047 (accessed 28.09.2016).
4 On 2 December 2014, the day before the Bob Barker sailed from Hobart to search for “The Bandit 6”, the article by researchers Indi Hodgson-Johnston and Julia Jabour from the University of Tasmania “Sea Shepherd’s toothfish mission bites off more than it can chew” was published on the website The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/sea-shepherds-toothfish-mission-bites-off-more-than-it-can-chew-34856 (accessed 28.09.2016).
5 Stuart Cory interviewed by the authors by telephone, 22 September 2016. Cory is a special agent at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the USA.
16 THE WALL OF DEATH
1 The descriptions of what took place on the Thunder before, during and after the chase are to a large degree based on long interviews with crew members who were on board, and the crew’s explanations to, respectively, the Thunder’s insurance company and the authorities of São Tomé and Príncipe. Those who have told us about the journey wish to remain anonymous out of fear of reprisals on the part of the ship owner.
2 After the pirates understood that the Australian authorities had them under aerial surveillance, the majority chose to avoid the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java and instead take the long way around up the Strait of Malacca and around the northern end of Sumatra on the way to the Southern Ocean. In this manner they hoped to avoid being seen by the Australian P-3 Orion aircraft. But the four-engine aircraft have a long range and sophisticated surveillance equipment and many were detected nonetheless. (Source: Glen Salmon.)
17 THE WORLD RECORD
1 G. Bruce Knecht (2006): Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish. Rodale Books.
2 The Viarsa 1, owned by the company Viarsa Fishing Company, was an anagram for Vidal Armadores SA, the parent company of the family syndicate Vidal in Ribeira, Spain.
3 The polite rejection Sea Shepherd later received from the editors of the Guinness Book of World Records informed them that there is a condition of notification of the intention to set a new record before actually doing so.
4 The Antillas Reefer tried in 2008 to acquire a licence for fishing tuna in Mozambique, but while the authorities of the country were processing the application, the vessel poached large quantities of shark. When the ship was taken, there was shark meat, shark oil, shark liver, shark fins and shark tails for a value of five million dollars in the cold storage rooms. The ship and the catch were confiscated and after a lengthy court battle the Vidal company that owned the Antillas Reefer was sentenced to pay a fine of 4.5 million dollars, money that Mozambique has never received. The Antillas Reefer was owned by the company Gongola Fishing JV (Pty) Ltd, controlled by the Vidal family syndicate in Ribeira, Spain.
5 The article “Mozambique leads the charge against Thunder”, was published on Sea Shepherd Global’s website, 12 January 2015. www.seashepherdglobal.org/icefish/campaign-updates/commentary/mozambique-leads-the-charge-against-thunder.html (accessed 28.09.2016).
6 Robert William “Bob” Barker was for 35 years a television host for the USA’s most famous game show, The Price Is Right, which is still running on the TV network CBS.
18 “THE ONLY SHERIFF IN TOWN”
1 Graham MacLean interviewed by the news portal Stuff.co.nz in New Zealand. The article, “Sea Shepherd: Navy’s toothfish poaching operation ‘cowardly’”, was written by Michael Field and published on 20 January 2015. www.stuff.co.nz/national/65226107/Sea-Shepherd-Navys-toothfish-poaching-operation-cowardly (accessed 26.09.2016).
2 Comment made by Paul Watson on Sea Shepherd’s website: “The ‘likes of Sea Shepherd’ succeed where the Navy fails”, published 20 January 2015. www.seashepherd.org/commentary-and-editorials/2015/01/20/the-likes-of-sea-shepherd-succeed-where-the-navy-fails-683 (accessed 26.09.2016).
3 Minister of Defence Gerry Brownlee interviewed by Radio New Zealand (RNZ), 15 January 2015. The interview was also published on RNZ’s website the same day under the title “Govt defends poaching operation”. www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/263716/govt-defends-poaching-operation (accessed 28.09.2016).
4 The article “Sea Shepherd announces plans to take over chase from New Zealand Navy”, published 15 January 2015. www.seashepherd.org.uk/news-and-commentary/news/sea-shepherd-announces-plans-to-take-over-chase-from-new-zealand-navy.html (accessed 28.09.2016).
19 THE FLYING MARINER
1 Warredi Enisuoh was interviewed by the authors over the telephone and by email on many occasions in 2015 and 2016.
2 The authors have access to the documents from the Thunder’s registration in Nigeria.
3 Republic of Liberia, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Volume II, Consolidated final report, published July 2009.
4 The authors have tried on a number of occasions to make direct contact with both Dew Mayson and Henry Macauley. Both have confirmed by email that they have a relation to the company Royal Marine & Spares, but that they did not know about the fishing vessel the Thunder before they were contacted by the Nigerian authorities and the authors after the search for the Thunder had commenced. Both claim that Royal Marine & Spares, which was an oil service company that is no longer in business, must have been exploited by the Thunder’s owners and agents.
5 The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) at the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the US State Department publishes an annual Crime and Safety Report. The descriptions of Lagos come from OSAC’s reports in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The reports are available on OSAC’s websites.
6 The authors established contact with one of the Thunder’s Nigerian consultants on the social network LinkedIn. The man, who claimed to be Managing Director at Maritime Consultants Limited, gave the following answer to the authors’ question about the Thunder’s ship’s documents: “Thanks for thinking of me, but I’m not interested.”
20 A BLOODY NIGHTMARE
1 On 1 January 2015, Chakravarty was contacted by Gary Orr from the Ministry for Primary Industries in New Zealand. Orr was one of the fisheries officers who participated in Interpol’s Operation Spillway. He informed Chakravarty of the importance of securing evidence in a professional manner so it could be used in a potential criminal case.
2 Siddharth “Sid” Chakravarty interviewed by the authors in Jakarta, 2 and 3 March 2016. Chakravarty has
