The Northeast Atlantic (The Bay of Biscay)(French Waters)
The SAM SIMON is pursuing French fishing vessels off the coast of France using drones to document and gather evidence of the illegal killing of dolphins in their nets. The campaign is generating huge publicity in France and Europe which will hopefully have some positive political impact.
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Western Indian Ocean (East Coast of Africa)
The OCEAN WARRIOR is doing anti-poaching patrols on the East Coast of Africa. Current location is confidential.
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The Atlantic Western Equatorial Region
The BOB BARKER is doing anti-poaching patrols on the West Coast of Africa. Current location is confidential.
The JAIRO MORA SANDOVAL has been granted to the Cape Verde NGO Biosfera with Sea Shepherd providing operating costs for marine wildlife conservation operations in Cape Verde waters.
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The Sea of Cortez Vaquita Refuge (Mexican waters)
The Sea Shepherd fast cutters FARLEY MOWAT and SHARPIE are in the Vaquita Refuge confiscating illegal gill nets in our on-going effort to prevent the extinction of the endangered Vaquita porpoise and to protect the endangered Totoaba fish. The two ships are operating in partnership with the Mexican government and the Mexican Navy.
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The Revillagigedo Islands Marine Sanctuary (West Coast Mexican waters)
The MARTIN SHEEN is conducting research with Humpback whales in partnership with the Mexican government. https://youtu.be/D5xcFIKBOCA
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Costa Rica Eastern Tropical Pacific
The Sea Shepherd ship WHITE HOLLY is enroute to Costa Rica to remove some 30 tons of confiscated nets and debris from the Cocos Island National Park for disposal on the mainland. The WHITE HOLLY will then proceed north to participate in the defense of the Vaquita in the Vaquita Refuge.
Eastern Tropical Pacific
The Sea Shepherd vessel BRIGITTE BARDOT has just returned from shadowing the huge Chinese squid fleet and documenting illegal activities including shark finning by vessels of different flags. Legal actions will be pursued using the evidence gathered.
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Florida
The JOHN PAUL DEJORIA is undergoing preparations for campaigns this summer.
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Australia
The STEVE IRWIN has recently been retired and is presently moored in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia.
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Galapagos
Sea Shepherd’s partnership with the Galapagos National Park that began in 2000 continues 19 years later. Currently Sea Shepherd maintains the AIS system that Sea Shepherd installed to monitor all ship traffic in the Galapagos National Park Marine Reserve. Sea Shepherd also maintains a canine unit utilized by the Ecuadorian Environmental Police to stop the smuggling of wildlife products like shark fins, tortoises, iguanas and sea cucumbers.
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Beach Cleanups
Sea Shepherd Beach cleanups to remove plastic debris continue worldwide on beaches on every continent including a recent cleanup of extremely remote beaches in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Dolphin campaigns in New Zealand and Japan.
In addition to actions against French industrial fishing vessels in the Bay of Biscay and our campaign to protect the Vaquita Porpoise, Sea Shepherd completed The last season of documenting the killing of dolphins in Taji Japan and Sea Shepherd New Zealand working with Sea Shepherd Legal is taking legal action against the bycatch of Maui and Hector dolphins by New Zealand fishing operations.
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Upcoming Summer Campaigns
Continuation of our campaign in the Danish Faroe Islands to stop the slaughter of pilot whales and dolphins.
Continuation of our campaign in Iceland to oppose the illegal killing of endangered Fin and Blue whales.
Continuation of Operation Virus Hunter to shut down invasive Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia, Canada.
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During the last week Captain Paul Watson attended the United Nations in New York City for the film Chasing the Thunder and the showing of Sea of Shadows at the Paley Theater also in New York City. In Miami he attended the showing of Chasing the Thunder at the Miami Film Festival.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guje_qFj0Js
https://youtu.be/jw_5FXua5Ls
From Captain Paul Watson:
Captains Peter Hammarstedt and Sid Chakravarty and their crews on the BOB BARKER and SAM SIMON courageously chased the THUNDER for 110 days, the longest pursuit of a poacher in Maritime history. I believe that the passion and imagination of our volunteers gave them the fortitude to endure this pursuit and to carry out the mission to a positive completion. It was an epic campaign and an enormous victory for conservation.
Check out there youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRYjOhn_GeNtZjz4TY1OJEg
Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.
- Walt Whitman (Passage to India)
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