Antarctic Campaign Report – Success Defending Whales! Ships are expendable, endangered whales species are not 2009-2010 Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Waltzing Matilda After three long weary and dramatic months upon the most remote and hostile seas in the world, the Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and Bob Barker were welcomed by crowds of cheering supporters in the port of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, on Saturday, March 6 th , 2010.

Japanese Whalers Are Clear Cutting the “Forests” of the Southern Ocean   Intelligence willfully destroyed to read books Moby Dick read by the light of burning whales, Without a thought, blind to the connections By death’s bright light, is read another book Thou shalt not kill is one of the lying tales.

Sea Shepherd Ships Complete Operations in Southern Ocean for 2010 1800 Hours: Perth and Fremantle 100 Hours: Sydney and Hobart 0200 Hours: (PST) Friday Harbor and Los Angeles Captain Paul Watson has ordered the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker to disengage from further pursuit of the Japanese factory ship Nisshin Maru and to set a course for Hobart, Tasmania. “The Bob Barker has a fuel valve problem that has a potential to cause an engine breakdown,” said Captain Paul Watson, “I can’t risk leaving the Bob Barker down on the coast of Antarctica without the Steve Irwin as back-up to assist.

Captain Peter Bethune and Captors Spotted Approaching the Lombok Straits 10:00 Hours (Perth & Fremantle) 13:00 Hours (Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart) 18:00 Hours (PST) Friday Harbor and Los Angeles Position of the Steve Irwin :  62 Degrees 21 Minutes South.  92 Degrees 56 Minutes East The Shonan Maru 2 transporting Sea Shepherd prisoner Captain Peter Bethune is heading towards the Lombok Strait at 12 knots and is at a position 450 kilometers west of the Exmouth Lighthouse. This position was relayed from observations by private yachts reporting to the Taz Patrol and posted on Twitter. It is estimated that Captain Peter Bethune will arrive in Tokyo by mid-March

Bob Barker Confiscates Gill Net, Engages Whalers In the Southern Ocean today, at approximately 1200 (AEST), the Sea Shepherd vessel M/ Y Bob Barker encountered the Yushin Maru 3 , an illegal Japanese whale killing ship.  The Yushin Maru 3 is the same vessel that intentionally rammed into the Bob Barker 19 days ago as the Sea Shepherd ship found the Japanese fleet for the second time and reinitiated the blockade of the Nisshan Maru —which functions as Japan’s illegal water-borne whale slaughterhouse. For nearly three weeks now, Sea Shepherd has halted the Japanese whale slaughter, which Japanese politicians and publicists claim is for research purposes despite the fact that the data collected is of no value to any independent scientific body. Bob Barker picking up netting This is the first time in many days that Sea Shepherd activists have seen any ship in the illegal fleet other than the Nisshin Maru —and they were quick to take action.  As the Bob Barker gave chase, they deployed a small inflatable boat which caught up with the Yushin Maru 3 and despite the whale killers’ use of water cannons and maneuvers through ice flows to try to discourage the five brave activists in the small boat, many stink bombs (made with rotten butter) successfully landed on the decks of the Yushin Maru 3.

Sea Shepherd Does Not Condone the Use of Firearms Reports that Sea Shepherd supports shooting Japanese whale poachers are inaccurate. “The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has never used firearms and has no intention of using firearms against illegal whalers,” said Captain Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd president and founder. “We are proud of our record of never causing an injury to any person in our entire history

Sea Shepherd Update: Bob Barker Continues Pursuit of Japanese Whaling Fleet After 18 days of chasing and preventing the illegal Japanese whaling fleet from killing any whales, the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin broke off to return to Hobart, Tasmania. They are scheduled to arrive on March 6th.

Sea Shepherd Pursuit of Whalers Enters 17th Day Since February 6 th , the Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and Bob Barker have had the Japanese whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru under constant pursuit.

Sea Shepherd Receives an additional €1 Million Euros from the Dutch National Postcode Lottery Extra funds to support ongoing project to protect the Galapagos Marine Reserve On February 4th, 2010, at the Goed Geld Gala in Utrecht, the Netherlands, the Dutch National Postcode Lottery not only donated the annual amount of half a million Euros, they also handed over an additional check worth €1 million to Geert Vons, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s General Director of the Netherlands and Alex Cornelissen, Director of Operations, Galapagos. The extra funds will support Sea Shepherd’s ongoing efforts to protect the Galapagos, a UN World Heritage Site. Despite clear rules and legislation, commercial fisheries are still exploiting the legally protected Galapagos Marine Reserve.

Japan Cites Sea Shepherd as Reason for Killing Whales The Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and Bob Barker have now had the illegal Japanese whaling processing ship, Nisshin Maru, on the run for two weeks. No whales have has been killed since February 5th. Three weeks remain in the whaling season, and the Sea Shepherd ships have fuel reserves to continue the chase