Congratulations to Randall Arauz Congratulations to Randall Arauz, the President of Pretoma (Progama Restauracion de Tortugas Marianas) for winning the 2010 Goldman Environmental Prize. The award recognizes his tireless work to draw international attention to the inhumane and environmentally catastrophic shark finning industry, and his unrelenting campaign to halt the practice in Costa Rica. “Shark finning is not only cruel; it is irresponsible and unsustainable fishing at its highest degree” said Arauz during the filming of the award video detailing his work, “In spite of this, it has been close to impossible to attain any international binding management and conservation measures to curtail this practice.” Announced every April to coincide with Earth Day, the Goldman Environmental Prize honors grassroots environmental heroes from the six inhabited continental regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America.
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.
Captain Paul Watson Demands An Apology From Japan “If Japanese Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu has any sense of honor and dignity he will apologize for the lies that the Institute of Cetacean Research have made in accusing Sea Shepherd of injuring three Japanese whalers on February 11 th ,” said Paul Watson, the Captain of the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin . Japan’s Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu publicly condemned Sea Shepherd and told reporters on Friday, “I am full of rage. I could not believe they did such a thing.” “Well, Mr.
Journalists Attacked and Arrested in Namibia for Filming Seal Slaughter On July 16th at 7 AM on the coast of Namibia, award winning journalists Bart Smithers (South Africa) and Jim Wickens (United Kingdom) were physically assaulted and arrested for filming the Namibian seal cull. They are currently being held at Henties Bay Police Station
