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Roaring Forties, Furious Fifties: the terms don't matter. What matters is what they describe: monstrous waves, incessant storms, drifting icebergs, icy winds. A desert where men, however, live and work. A hell too, where they fight each other. The stakes in this fight are toothfish, a fish “discovered” in 1991 by the Chileans and which today the Japanese are snapping up at a high price. Prices are soaring, reaching $10,000 per ton, unheard of for a fish. These staggering sums are causing a new rush for what is already called “blue gold”. But the pirates have arrived. It is estimated that they fish at least 20,000 tons of toothfish each year.