Whale Warrior “Captain Pete Bethune” Free to Return Home On January 6, 2010, Captain Hiroyuki Komura of the illegal Japanese whaling vessel the Shonan Maru #2 deliberately rammed and destroyed Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s vessel, the Ady Gil. Captain Komura almost killed six Sea Shepherd volunteer crewmembers and did not respond to the Ady Gil’s mayday distress signal. Japanese authorities refused to cooperate in investigations and declined requests by Australian and New Zealand maritime authorities to question Captain Komura.
Maltese Prime Minister defends illegal tuna operation Speaking to the Maltese press today Dr Lawrence Gonzi, the Maltese Prime Minister, made the following statement: “The government can never ever tolerate a situation where Maltese fishermen going about their work according to local and international law are attacked and hindered.” Sea Shepherd’s Captain Watson addresses this statement here: Captain Paul Watson: “With all due respect Dr. Gonzi, these were not Maltese fishermen going about their business according to the law.
Sea Shepherd Welcomes Dr. Sidney Holt to the Advisory Board Dr.
Australian Government Urged to Ban Spy Flights In a new report released today , the Federal Opposition in Australia is preparing new legislation calling for a ban on Japanese whalers from using Australian planes and airports for the purposes of spying on Sea Shepherd. Apparently, word has gotten out that the Japanese whalers are chartering aircraft in Australia to track the Sea Shepherd ships
The Polls Demonstrate that Sea Shepherd Has the Support of the Australian People The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society would not be able to interfere without the support of the concerned citizens of Australia. We have called this year’s campaign Operation Waltzing Matilda to honor the passion that Australians have for the defense of the whales. “The ports of Fremantle, Hobart, Melbourne, Geelong, Sydney, Newcastle and Brisbane have been extremely welcoming and I am proud to see that we have the support of the Australian public,” said Captain Paul Watson.
McCully Gives Green Light to Japanese Whalers to Kill Kiwi’s Kiwi Foreign Affairs Minister Should Apologize or Resign Demands on Sea Shepherd Kiwi Crew New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has basically given the Japanese the green light to escalate their violence at sea against eleven New Zealand crewmembers onboard Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s marine conservation ships Bob Barker and Steve Irwin. A New Zealand vessel with four New Zealand crew and one New Zealand cameraman was deliberately rammed by a Japanese whaling vessel.
Fears, Jeers, Cheers, and Loathing for Sea Shepherd In South Park Editorial by Captain Paul Watson I knew as soon as I heard that South Park would be lampooning Sea Shepherd and Whale Wars that it would be viciously brutal. No one gets a free ride with Trey Parker and Matt Stone. But, I also knew that whatever they were planning it would be good for the whales, and that was all that I was really concerned with, so I was not disappointed
Sea Shepherd Demands Action by the Netherlands In a news release today, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands stated support for an amendment to Dutch law that would facilitate vessel deregistration. Dutch Sea Shepherd Board member Laurens De Groot responded, “We have a Dutch ship with a Dutch captain and Dutch crewmembers, and we demand that the Dutch government take action to protect our safety from the dangerous and illegal attacks by illegal Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean.” De Groot is a former Rotterdam police officer who now serves onboard the Rotterdam registered marine conservation ship Steve Irwin for Sea Shepherd. The Steve Irwin is scheduled to depart from Fremantle in Western Australia on December 7 th , 2009 to once again interfere and harass illegal Japanese whaling operations in the waters off the coast of Western Australia.
The Sea Shepherd Dilemma Down Under By Captain Paul Watson Way back in October 2007, I had urged thousands of Australians to vote for Kevin Rudd and Peter Garrett’s Labor Party. Why? Because they promised to get tough on illegal Japanese whaling
Major US Shark Fin Trader Sentenced In Federal Court Mark Leon Harrison of Southport, Florida had a bad day this week, but not bad enough considering the millions of sharks finned. Harrison, according to NOAA Special Agent-in-Charge Hal Robbins, was once one of the United States’ largest commercial shark fin buyers. Today, he is a convicted criminal in financial ruin.
