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Why a Calm Day on Patrol is a Good Day on Patrol
Operation Siso: 130 km of illegal fishing gear removed from the sea
Pressures on Baltic Harbor Porpoises
An Iceland Without Whaling is On the Horizon
Governments Allow Exemptions for Killing of Protected Species in the Baltic Sea
Sea Shepherd is calling on the Starbuck’s Corporation to sever ties with Hong Kong shark fin trade
Organized Crime on the High Seas
Sea Shepherd Defends Liberia’s Right to Inspect Fishing Vessels
Labor abuse makes illegal fishing possible
Sea Shepherd partners help shut down IUU fishing from Galapagos to Southeast Asia
Nov 14, 2017 - Sea Shepherd and Japanese Whaling: A Message from Captain Paul Watson
Sep 1, 2017 - Sea Shepherd must adapt to more effectively defend Dolphins
Aug 28, 2017 - The Whale Wars Continue
May 24, 2017 - Analysis of the legal implications following the first grindadráp in the Danish Faroe Islands since Sea Shepherd captain Jessie Treverton was convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to dolphins using existing Faroese animal welfare legislation
May 23, 2017 - Report on the first grindadráp of 2017 in which 84 long finned pilot whales were killed the Danish Faroe Islands
May 1, 2017 - In Liberia, We Shut Down Illegal Fishing
Apr 3, 2017 - In Response to Japanese Whalers Reaching their Quota of 333 Whales
Mar 29, 2017 - “Not One Cent for Bribery” – The Story of the Arrest of the FV Lu Rong Yuan Yu 988
Mar 24, 2017 - Why Sea Shepherd joins and supports the international campaign “Another Perspective on Fish”
Feb 7, 2017 - Reversing Our Plastic Mistakes
Dec 12, 2016 - Japan Underestimates the Global Movement That is Sea Shepherd
May 9, 2016 - The Origin of Operation Albacore - a long walk, a long chase and a new front in the fight to protect African Wildlife
Mar 31, 2016 - Thirty Years of Vigilance Against Destructive Driftnets
Mar 7, 2016 - The End of the 'Bandit 6'
Feb 6, 2016 - Greenpeace Is Sliding Backwards Down a Slippery Slope
Jan 30, 2016 - Letter To the Editor of DIVER magazine
Jan 14, 2016 - It’s Time to Go Global With the Gruesome Grindadráp
Jan 5, 2016 - Japan – The Cherry Picking Rogue Nation
Dec 17, 2015 - The HMNZS Otago returns to New Zealand today
Dec 15, 2015 - Dry dock report from MV Bob Barker in Tuzla, Turkey
Dec 4, 2015 - Opposing the Japanese Pirate Whalers In the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary
Aug 4, 2015 - Why Are Danes Killing Whales?
Jul 3, 2015 - Saving the Smallest to Protect the Largest
Jun 29, 2015 - The Consequences of Successful Intervention
Jun 13, 2015 - Weathering the Storm
Jun 7, 2015 - World Oceans Day - Every Day
May 26, 2015 - Amazing Operation in the Red Sea
Apr 2, 2015 - Fish On Friday - NO THANK YOU!
Mar 4, 2015 - 78 Days of Pursuit: Operation Icefish Update
Mar 4, 2015 - Court Victory for the Bluefin Tuna and Sea Shepherd
Jan 29, 2015 - ‘Hope’ is Not a Strategy – It’s a Chinese White Dolphin!
Oct 9, 2014 - Cabo Verde – Raso Island
Oct 1, 2014 - The Gauntlet of Praia de Achados
Sep 11, 2014 - The Loggerheads of Santa Luzia
Aug 31, 2014 - The Day After the Slaughter
Aug 28, 2014 - Woe to the Poor Whales that Get Stranded on a Beach in the Ferocious Isles
Aug 27, 2014 - Playing Fair with the Faroese
Aug 23, 2014 - Captain Paul Watson Responds to a Pro-whaling Faroese Editorial
Aug 19, 2014 - The Faroe Islands Support Commercial Whaling
Aug 13, 2014 - Close Call for Pilot Whale Pod in the Suderoy
Aug 1, 2014 - Brigitte Bardot and the Cape Verde Shearwaters
Jul 25, 2014 - Opposing the Horrific Depravity of Senseless Slaughter in the Faroe Islands
Jul 7, 2014 - Note to All the Pro-Whale Murdering Sea Shepherd Haters in the Faroe Islands
Jun 10, 2014 - Sea Shepherd Global Stands Ready to Oppose Renegade Japanese Whalers
May 30, 2014 - Standing Guard Over Plemmirio
May 10, 2014 - Pills of Extinction
May 9, 2014 - Sea Shepherd Responds to Whaling Industry Plans for 2014/15 Season
Apr 9, 2014 - The Jolly Roger Flying Proudly in Asia...
Apr 7, 2014 - Sea Shepherd Australia thanks Bob Brown, as he steps down as chairman
Mar 8, 2014 - Captain Paul Watson on Bindi Irwin and SeaWorld
Mar 6, 2014 - Relentless to the End – Operation Relentless Update
Mar 4, 2014 - Captain Hammarstedt Responds to Greg Hunt
Feb 25, 2014 - Captain Peter Hammarstedt - Open Letter to Greg Hunt
Feb 20, 2014 - On Being Relentless - Update from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary
Feb 3, 2014 - World condemns West Australian Governments shark cull
Jan 23, 2014 - A Kindness of hearts nurtures a force to be reckoned with for the oceans!
Jan 23, 2014 - An Open Letter to British Airways and Virgin Atlantic
Jan 20, 2014 - The Bloody Science of Whaling
Jan 7, 2014 - Documenting the Slaughter in the Southern Ocean
Dec 31, 2013 - Much Ado About Nothing
Dec 4, 2013 - Hurrah for the Hammer!
Nov 19, 2013 - New Zealand Marine Wildlife Under Threat – Part 2: Shark Finning
Nov 11, 2013 - Sea Shepherd Australia defends the whales in Seattle court
Oct 13, 2013 - SeaWorld & co, WAZA and IMATA and Their Collaboration with the Dolphin Slaughter in Japan
Oct 4, 2013 - Australia’s Grey Nurse Shark is Under Threat and Needs Your Help!
Sep 30, 2013 - Chinchilla Says the President is Not Responsible for Government Corruption
Sep 26, 2013 - Environmental Protest is the New Piracy
Sep 25, 2013 - New Zealand Marine Wildlife Under Threat - Part 1: Maui’s Dolphin
Sep 20, 2013 - How Deep is The CR Shark Finning Rabbit Hole?
Sep 7, 2013 - We Stand for the Dolphins, First, Foremost and Forever.
Sep 5, 2013 - Why Its Important for The Cove Guardians to be in Taiji
Sep 2, 2013 - The Cove Guardians and the Sea Shepherd Policy of Gaiatsu
Aug 28, 2013 - And the Bloodlust Continues in the Faroe Islands...
Aug 21, 2013 - Brutal Death and Suffering; Business as Usual in The Faroe Islands
Aug 20, 2013 - Help Save the Réunion Sharks — Sign the Petition
Aug 8, 2013 - As the Oceans Choke on Plastic so do the Whales
Jul 26, 2013 - Requiem for the Sharks of La Reunion Island?
Jul 12, 2013 - More About Scientific Whaling...
Jul 12, 2013 - Week Three in The Hague
Jul 9, 2013 - My Thoughts - Australia v. Japan ‘Scientific Whaling’ Case in the International Court of Justice
Jul 3, 2013 - “Scientific Whaling” Morphs into “Cultural Whaling”
Jul 2, 2013 - Reflecting on the Opening Arguments of Whaling in the Antarctic
Jun 20, 2013 - The First Day of Summer 2013
Jun 18, 2013 - The Japanese Industrialization of Ocean Destruction
Jun 12, 2013 - Sea Shepherd views on the Cruise Report of the Japanese Whale Research Program
May 24, 2013 - Iceland to Resume the Slaughter of Endangered Fin Whales
May 23, 2013 - Florida’s Manatees are Dying in Record Numbers
May 21, 2013 - FedCon goes Jolly Roger in Germany
May 20, 2013 - Paddling For The Oceans
May 16, 2013 - The Icelandic Boot Stomping Biodiversity Bank Robbing
Apr 17, 2013 - Krill Fisheries, the Next Collapse?
Apr 6, 2013 - Whalers Return to Japan in Disgrace
Mar 28, 2013 - The Truth Behind All the Smoke and Mirrors
Mar 20, 2013 - The Damn Shame of the Bonneville Dam
Mar 18, 2013 - CITES – Victory of Good Over Evil
Mar 16, 2013 - The Damn Hunger Games on the Columbia River
Mar 16, 2013 - CITES 101 and the Year of the Sharks?
Mar 5, 2013 - The “Illegal” Baby Killers
Feb 28, 2013 - Sea Shepherd Escorts the Japanese Whaling Fleet Out of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary
Feb 26, 2013 - Ten Questions With Answers from the Southern Ocean
Feb 22, 2013 - Operation Zero Tolerance Collision Statement
Feb 21, 2013 - I Am Proud to Wear Sea Shepherd Garb
Feb 20, 2013 - Our New Friends on the Whaling Fleet Tanker Sun Laurel
Feb 3, 2013 - Japanese Whaler Welfare Bums Need to Get an Honest Job
Jan 24, 2013 - Take Direct Action By Organizing a Local Beach Clean-Up
Jan 19, 2013 - Be a Voice for the Dolphins
Jan 9, 2013 - Vote Rigging In CITES?
Jan 6, 2013 - Statement from Captain Paul Watson
Jan 3, 2013 - Sharks on the Roof
Jan 2, 2013 - Meeting the Descendants of Moby Dick
