Longlining for Toothfish at Heard Island on Austral Leader II - Winter 2009 

Anyone who earns their living in the Southern Ocean deserves a *massive* dose of respect. Well played guys.

Respect to these guys who work alone on such dangerous and unpredictable sea!

One tough profession in one of the prettiest locations on the planet. I did not expect so much still manual work to be involved, and the risk of serious injury is always present. Think about that when having your next fish burger !

Very clean and very professional operation. It is no wonder these fish cost as much as they do in the US market. These fish cannot be beat for their flavor and texture.

I fishing in this area 18 years, I am from Spain.

It all looks like very hard work.

love the eagles beanie

Great film! Why is the line shot on the port side of the vessel? And why is there no automatic grading system?:)

What exactly is a toothfish? Is it a Pacific Cod or what? It looks somewhat like a cod but different color and shape.

Fished over 35yrs &8 in Bering Sea, fishing on freezer boats 4 Black Cod. We panned our fish according to size 36lb. bricks. Very tough fisheries & baited all by hand lol. A short day was 18hrds. & long was 26. All this 4 the girls I would say. Anyway 30days straight & my longest trip was 48 & longest work day was 56hrs straight ( heavy on the W O R K ) mY BIGGEST TRIPS 86,000LBS. ROUND IN 3DAYS, 56,000 DRESSED IN 2 WITH 6,100LBS. HALIBUT. So I know hard work & fishing is hard work, that's why they call it fishing & not catching ROTDLMMAO

them boys earn there money!

Hell of a job. Seems something of a shame when that big one there was probably a 30 year old fish. MSC is all very well but they don't really understand the breeding and life cycle of a fish that lives in the depths of the Southern Ocean - just look at the Orange Roughy. Fished like hell then suddenly, woops, this thing doesn't get mature until its 30 years old. Sorry about that. I suppose at least the Aussies try and follow the rules, unlike the Russians, Koreans and Chinese who just rape the oceans.... Its easy to educate yourself and avoid these species. You won't make any difference but you'll feel better

What are the heads like Bro

That's the problem us humans are good for. Take take take

can anyone tell me how to apply to get this kind of job i want to get out of the land to go at the ocean and do fishing i love fishing all my life i alway want to be a fisher man lmk plz

Toothfish are now an endangered fish now. Very much overfished.

E che mareeee

Omg!

How long is the average trip and how much is each person average crew share? great video.

def better than deadliest catch,,, but,,, the reason why they dont show this type of thing on American TV, is that Americans are bleeding heart people and would Freak out, if they showed processing of fish , killing etc,,,, I mean their willing to eat it,, but,, god forbid they see how its processed,,,lol,,

Auto baiter? Lol. I reckon. One day we won't even need someone to drive the boat.

Good

This is what you get if you don't finish school. Frozen fish wrestler.

Everything is automatic..This is NOT real fishermen..Just guys with a job.

carl Mathews What state and country you from if not from aus and qld i don't care about your crap