Sea Shepherd Acknowledges the Guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Captain Watson responds here to the comments made by the Dalia Lama at the end of his 11 day tour of Japan.
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
Five-Hour Battle At the Gateway of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary A battle erupted between the Sea Shepherd ships Bob Barker and Steve Irwin and the Japanese whaling fleet when the whalers ignored a warning from Sea Shepherd to not reenter the Southern Ocean Sanctuary. The Japanese fleet was escorted out of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary at 1530 Hours on Tuesday, February 9th. They left the Sanctuary at 60 Degrees South and 76 Degrees and 36 Minutes East
Broken Promises Lead to Broken Boats Statement from Captain Paul Watson The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is not unreasonable, nor irresponsible as claimed by the Japanese government, the New Zealand Foreign Minister, and some Australian media mouthpieces. For the last five years, we have conducted high seas physical opposition to illegal Japanese whaling operations without injuring a single person, without being charged with any crimes, without being charged with any maritime violations. We are down in these waters for two reasons
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.
Rammed Vessel Ady Gil Sinks Sea Shepherd Resumes Pursuit of Illegal Whalers On January 8, 2010 at 17:20 (GMT) the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel Bob Barker reported the last known position of another Sea Shepherd vessel, the Ady Gil , to the Australian Rescue Coordination Center (ARCC). This report was made because the Ady Gil —which was originally going to be towed to a nearby base—is now sinking and could pose a navigation hazard for the next two to three hours. Having barely survived a vicious attack by the illegal Japanese whaling vessel Shonan Maru No. 2 on January 6, 2010, the Ady Gil began taking on water. Since that time, Bob Barker crew members have been working around the clock in an attempt to save the ship and remove possible environmental hazards in case the vessel had further complications while being towed.
Artist Shepard Fairey Supports Sea Shepherd Limited edition poster available! Renowned artist and graphic designer Shepard Fairey has created a portrait of Captain Paul Watson to support Sea Shepherd. Fairey is regarded as one of the most well known and most influential street artists today.
Sea Shepherd Captain Tells Japan to Bring It On The Japanese government has deployed two government security ships to protect their illegal whaling interests in the Southern Ocean. Captain Paul Watson is not surprised at the news
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.
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.
