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Sea Shepherd To Illuminate Empire State Building To Honor Its Commitment For The Oceans

NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2019 – Sea Shepherd, the world’s most passionate protector of ocean life, will be lighting the Empire State Building blue and white to raise awareness for the oceans this Saturday, November 9th. The lighting will be led by Elizabeth Lail, actor and ocean advocate, in a ceremony open to press on November 8th. “On November 9th, transformed brieflyContinue reading “Sea Shepherd To Illuminate Empire State Building To Honor Its Commitment For The Oceans”

For The Whales: Sea Shepherd on Makah Tribe’s Request to Hunt Whales

As you may have heard, NOAA Fisheries is considering granting a waiver to the Makah Tribe to hunt gray whales on the Washington Coast.  An administrative hearing on the matter will take place at the Jackson Federal Building in Seattle, beginning at 1:00 p.m. on November 14th, and running through November 21st.  We encourage SeaContinue reading “For The Whales: Sea Shepherd on Makah Tribe’s Request to Hunt Whales”

Sea Shepherd hauls ghost net marking start of Operation Milagro VI

Crew members on board the Farley Mowat have marked the end of a scientific cetacean spotting expedition led by Mexico’s CONANP, and the start of Operation Milagro VI with the retrieval of the organization’s first gillnet of the season inside the vaquita refuge, a federally protected sanctuary for the world’s most endangered cetacean. In collaborationContinue reading “Sea Shepherd hauls ghost net marking start of Operation Milagro VI”

Sea Shepherd Signs New Marine Conservation Agreement with Mexican Government

MEXICO CITY, October 25th, 2019-In an official signing presided over by Dra. Blanca Mendoza Vera, Mexico’s Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society officially entered into a new agreement to support the protection and care of marine wildlife in Mexican waters. The meeting marks heightened cooperation and collaboration between the marine conservation groupContinue reading “Sea Shepherd Signs New Marine Conservation Agreement with Mexican Government”

Expedition Sights Endangered Vaquita Porpoise and Rampant Fishing Inside Biosphere Reserve

Photo Credit: CONANP / Museo de la Ballena / Sea Shepherd Sea Shepherd ship M/V Farley Mowat and Museo de la Ballena research vessel Narval encounter dozens of skiffs fishing with prohibited gillnets near a live vaquita inside protected Refuge

Vaquita Monitoring Begins in the Upper Gulf of California

San Felipe, BCN-The government of Mexico announces the second leg of the 2019 Vaquita Survey. Sea Shepherd is pleased to collaborate with The National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) and world-leading vaquita scientists on this important research project in waters of the Upper Gulf of California Biosphere Reserve and the Colorado River Delta. PhotoContinue reading “Vaquita Monitoring Begins in the Upper Gulf of California”