Yesterday was a momentous day in Hartford, Connecticut.
Commentary by Captain Paul Watson
Victory for Sharks in Connecticut
Author: sscssite2017
Operation Jairo 5
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is proud to announce the return of Operation Jairo-Nicaragua.
Sea Shepherd Statement regarding the events in the Vaquita habitat on March 28th, 2019
EN ESPANOL {link to scroll down to Spanish version}
On the morning of March 28th, 2019, Sea Shepherd ships were conducting routine patrols in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico, when an illegal totoaba gillnet was identified. While following the protocol of retrieving the illegal net, a skiff headed towards the M/V Sharpie at full speed.
Herring is Caring -2019 Roe Herring Fishery
Commentary by Captain Locky Maclean
Sea Shepherd Discovers Dead Vaquita Caught in Gillnet
The vaquita, one of the last specimens of the most endangered marine mammal in the world, was trapped in a net inside the Vaquita Refuge attesting that illegal gillnets are the biggest threat to the tiny cetacean.
Costa Rica Drops all Charges on Captain Paul Watson
Captain Watson Finally Gets Closure After Nearly Two Decades of Legal Disputes with Costa Rican Authorities.
San José, Costa Rica, March 12, 2019 –The Criminal Appeals Court of the Second Judicial Circuit of San José ruled in favor of Captain Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, dropping all charges against him and giving closure to a 17-year legal dispute and 13-year-old international arrest warrant.
Sea Shepherd Uses Depictions of Tortured Animals to Fight Against Plastic in the Oceans
The campaign was developed in partnership with Tribal Worldwide Brazil and DDB Guatemala
Sea Shepherd Demands that the United States Ban Seafood Imports from New Zealand Fisheries that Are Driving Māui Dolphins to Extinction
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Sea Shepherd New Zealand Ltd., and Sea Shepherd Legal (collectively, Sea Shepherd) refuse to allow New Zealand’s Māui dolphin to follow the same tragic path as the vaquita in Mexico. Today, Sea Shepherd took decisive action to defend the Māui dolphin by formally demanding that the Trump Administration immediately ban all imports from New Zealand fisheries that are driving the Māui dolphin to extinction.
Sea Shepherd Ship’s Windows Smashed and Hull Set on Fire by Poachers
Hope shattered for vaquita survival as Sea Shepherd ship violently attacked by poachers in the Gulf of California, suffering damage from projectiles and Molotov cocktails while protecting world’s most endangered marine mammal.
Sea Shepherd Ship Attacked Inside Vaquita Refuge
Sea Shepherd Ship M/V Farley Mowat surrounded by over 35 poaching vessels and boarded in broad daylight.