1.   The Antarctic silverfish and the Antarctic toothfish have boggled experts for years.

2.   An Argentine-flagged boat illegally fishing for the valuable Antarctic toothfish threatened to ram a trawler operated by Sealord Fisheries, the company said Friday.

3.   An international campaign to protect the highly prized Antarctic toothfish is finally proving effective, officials said Wednesday.

4.   France and Britain have sent warships to Antarctic waters and New Zealand plans to scramble surveillance planes to battle a fleet of ships poaching the highly prized Antarctic toothfish.

5.   Greenpeace said Thursday that the Belize-registered fishing ship Salvora was found to have illegally-caught Antarctic toothfish aboard when it docked in Mauritius.

6.   Greenpeace alleges the boat is fishing illegally for the endangered Antarctic toothfish.

7.   The fish, also known as Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish, are caught in the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica.

8.   Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Upton said there had been reports of large-scale illegal fishing of Antarctic toothfish in waters south of South Africa.