Sea Shepherd Urges the Boycott of the Nagoya Biodiversity Summit In October, Japan will host the Biodiversity Summit to be held in Nagoya, Japan. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is urging non-governmental organizations to boycott this meeting if they truly are concerned about the protection of biodiversity
Australian Federal Police Return Sea Shepherd’s Logbooks No Charges and All Crew are Free to Go Where They Wish On March 11, the Australian Federal police returned the logbooks for the Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker . No arrests have been made following the raid on the two ships based on a request by the Japanese government. Sea Shepherd expects no arrests.
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
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
Japanese Factory Ship Stopped Dead in the Water The Nisshin Maru re-entered the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary this morning. The Steve Irwin warned them in Japanese that they were illegally entering a whale Sanctuary
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.
Sea Shepherd Will Not Compromise on the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary Japanese media is reporting that the country’s fisheries minister is considering scaling back its so-called research whaling in the Antarctic.
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 Cove is the Critics Choice The Cove directed by Louie Psihoyos has won the Best Documentary Feature Award at the Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles. The film about the slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan features interviews with Sea Shepherd President and Founder Captain Paul Watson as well as footage of Sea Shepherd crewmembers Allison Lance and Alex Cornelissen releasing dolphins from the nets at Taiji. The Cove won out over four other nominees including Michael Jackson’s This Is It.
Ady Gil Captain Attempts to Serve Arrest Warrant to Captain of the Shonan Maru No. 2 On Friday, January 15, 2010, the crew of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s vessel Bob Barker surprised, chased, and engaged the Shonan Maru No. 2 , a security ship from the illegal Japanese whaling fleet
