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”
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Mexico’s Deputy Head of PROFEPA Joins Sea Shepherd Vessel in Vaquita Refuge
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”
Expedition to Sight Critically Endangered Vaquita Porpoise a Success
Leading scientists from Mexico and the USA, supported by Sea Shepherd confirm the first sightings of vaquita in 2019, bringing hope for the species.
First Nations Flotilla
“Colonisation continues. It’s not just about theft at this point, it’s not about the destruction of resources, it’s about reclaiming what’s ours. And what is ours is not just the land…. it is the ocean.”
Murder Most Foul in the Faroe Islands
Commentary by Captain Paul Watson The Serial Killers of the Danish Faroe Islands have murdered 536 Long Finned Pilot Whales and 7 Atlantic White Sided Dolphins so far in 2019.
Pamela Anderson and First Nations Board Salmon Farms in BC
First Nations, Sea Shepherd and Actor-Philanthropist Pamela Anderson demand protection of wild salmon by removal of salmon farms from British Columbia.
Thank You Rutger Hauer
Commentary by Captain Paul Watson In 1997 I was held in a Dutch prison awaiting an extradition trial to Norway for sinking one of their illegal whaling ships the “Nybraena”. I was held for 120 days and received incredible support from the Dutch public and most notably from Rutger Hauer who twice visited me atContinue reading “Thank You Rutger Hauer”
Sea Shepherd, Pamela Anderson and Green MP Lead Wild Salmon Flotilla
Join Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s science research vessel Martin Sheen on a peaceful flotilla, as we venture north to Okisollo Channel in support of wild salmon.