The Steve Irwin Visits Italy The Steve Irwin arrived today in La Spezia, Italy for a brief visit and a fund-raising event.  The crew were greeted with a huge welcoming banner. This marks the first time that a Sea Shepherd ship has docked in Italy.

Sea Shepherd Frees 800 Bluefin from Floating Cages Below Libya’s Infamous Line of Death Steve Irwin Rammed by Bluefin Fishery Vessel; Sea Shepherd Crew Repel Violent Assault by Fishermen; Libyan Navy in Pursuit of the Steve Irwin Operation Blue Rage: Day Ten of the Mediterranean Patrol Thursday, June 17th, 2010 Location: Off the Coast of Libya Report by Captain Paul Watson, Steve Irwin Sea Shepherd’s helicopter reconnaissance flight this morning found two fishing vessels. One was engaged in transferring bluefin tuna into one of the two nets being towed by the other vessel. The bluefin fishery vessels were inside waters claimed by Libya and about 42 miles off the coast of North Africa

Operation Blue Rage: Day Five of the Mediterranean Patrol Saturday, June 12th, 2010 Location: Off the Coast of Libya This morning the crew of the Steve Irwin came across the fifty meter Italian seiner Kleos towing a cage full of bluefin tuna. The ship was being inspected by the ICCAT (International Committee on the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna) fisheries patrol vessel Jean Charcot . The vessel was legal but routine inspections are conducted to ensure that the catch is of the proper size.

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 Update: Sea Shepherd Ships Fight Heavy Seas In Continued Pursuit of the illegal Japanese Whaling Fleet It has been two weeks since the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society located the Japanese whaling fleet and shut down illegal whaling operations in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and Bob Barker continue to pursue the illegal Japanese factory ship Nisshin Maru despite a blizzard, heavy winds and mammoth swells. “The conditions are horrendous,” Said Steve Irwin 1st Officer Locky MacLean.

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

Steve Irwin Launches Croc Assault on the Japanese Whaling Fleet Crikey! And now for something completely different. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society always likes to inject a little humor into our campaigns and today we decided to do just that.

Sea Shepherd Update: Valentine’s Day in the Southern Ocean The crews of the Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker celebrated Valentine’s Day by painting the Research sign on the side of the Nisshan Maru with red paint. The paint represented the blood of the whales, exposing the bogus nature of so-called research by the Japanese whaling vessels

Sea Shepherd Begins Second Week of Shutting Down Illegal Whaling Activities It has been a week since Sea Shepherd shut down all whaling activities by the Japanese whaling fleet. Not one whale has died in the last week, and Sea Shepherd’s next goal is to turn this shut down into a second week and then a third. “We will not tolerate the death of a single whale while we are chasing this gang of poachers,” said Captain Chuck Swift of the Bob Barker

Sea Shepherd Escorts Whaling Fleet Out of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary The Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker have successfully escorted the Japanese whaling fleet out of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. After repeated orders from Sea Shepherd to desist their illegal activities and remove themselves from the Southern Ocean Whaling fleet, the Nisshin Maru, Yushin Maru, Yushin Maru #2 and Shonan Maru #2 have crossed north of sixty degrees and continue to head North by Northwest