This is the moment six endangered sunfish were released back into the sea after getting caught in a trawler's net.<br /><br />Rut Nattaperawat and along with other 40 fishermen were anchored in the middle of the Andaman sea in Phuket, Thailand last Wednesday (August 28) night.<br /><br />They were pulling the surrounding net up to the vessel when they noticed several rare ocean sunfish, also known as "Mola Mola" fish, were seen wriggling inside.<br /><br />Footage from the early hours of Thursday (August 29) morning shows how the group of fishermen were collecting the unwanted fish before tossing them back into the sea.<br /><br />Fisherman Rut said they often unintentionally caught other marine creatures but they never found rare sunfish before.<br /><br />He said: ''We sometimes caught sea turtles, whale sharks, or other strange fish species. I didn't know ocean sunfish were living around here until we found them stuck in the net.<br /><br />''I was told to always release by-catch back to the ocean and never torture them or let them died on board, so they could live on and reproduce.''
