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Let's talk about the hunted pods and the number of slaughtered pilot whales in the Faroese statistics
Thursday, 26 May 2022In a typical grindadrap drive hunt, a pod of pilot whales or Atlantic white sided dolphins is chased by dozens of small fishing boats, private speedboats, high powered RIBs, and sometimes jet skis, often for many miles and for several hours- an action itself which is illegal in Denmark, the UK, the entire European Union, and many other countries around the world due to the proven stress it...
Dive boat SPECTRE joins Sea Shepherd UK's Ghostnet Campaign with a weekend of dives removing 18 lost creel pots and ropes from a wreck site
Monday, 23 May 2022Sea Shepherd UK's Ghostnet Campaign crew were out all last weekend diving a wreck site off the East Coat of Yorkshire in our newly launched boat 'Spectre' (an Offshore 105 boat complete with stern mounted diver lift and newly upgraded electronics, sonar, and navigation) and what a great weekend haul they had! Our 10 boat crew and divers were up very early to ensure we could get 'Spectre'...
Here’s how YOU can save billions of marine organisms a month!
Thursday, 28 April 2022I am a member of Sea Shepherd UK, part of the wider Sea Shepherd movement that operates around the world to defend, conserve and protect marine wildlife and habitats. Here is an easy way that you can save billions of marine organisms and microorganisms, no matter where you live! Governmental marine and land management departments and harbour masters (among many others) have been pouring...
Fin whales will be hunted this summer in Iceland!
Wednesday, 23 March 2022Kristján Loftsson, CEO of the Icelandic whaling company 'Hvalur hf' has stated in the Icelandic media that his ships will once again be hunting threatened Fin whales (the second largest whale species after the blue whale). Based on previous whaling season statistics and conversations with Hvalur hf whaling crew, we expect Loftsson's intention is to kill at least 140 Fin whales between mid-June...
Sustainable Fisheries, a Contradiction
Wednesday, 24 March 2021Commentary by Sea Shepherd CEO Captain Alex Cornelissen Over the past five years Sea Shepherd has focused on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU fishing). Our campaigns, primarily in West Africa, have given us a wealth of information regarding the impact of both IUU fisheries as well as large scale industrial fisheries on the ocean. It’s clear that mankind is killing all life in...
COVID-19 and our Marine Debris Campaign
Wednesday, 03 June 2020Commentary by Vijay Kritzinger, Senior Volunteer with Sea Shepherd UK Due to the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions across the nation which were implemented in March, Sea Shepherd UK had to cancel group and public participation beach cleans. However, Sea Shepherd volunteers across the UK have continued the campaign by using their daily exercise time to safely conduct solitary, family group or...
The Most Dangerous Single Source of Ocean Plastic No One Wants to Talk About
Thursday, 22 August 2019Did you give up eating fish for “Plastic Free July”? Chances are you probably didn’t, because no one told you the truth about where most of the plastic in our oceans comes from, and how our meal choices have contributed to it. Commentary by Sea Shepherd Global Plastic marine debris is choking our oceans and their inhabitants. Photo by Susie Holst This July, we were all reminded about the...
Murder Most Foul in the Faroe Islands
Tuesday, 06 August 2019Commentary 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. Why do I call this murder? First the slaughter is actually called the Grindadráp. In old Nordic this literally translates as the murder of pilot whales. The old Nordic word dráp means murder. It is not used today and...
Why a Calm Day on Patrol is a Good Day on Patrol
Thursday, 20 December 2018Commentary by Sea Shepherd Captain Alistair Allan of the M/Y Sam Simon Liberia, West Africa – It’s another cloudless day and the blue water shimmers under the relentless assault from the sun. There’s hardly a breath of wind to interrupt the endless turquoise plateau as I stare out my porthole. The internal phone rings in my cabin. An excited voice is on the other end: ‘’ORCAS! Orcas...
Operation Siso: 130 km of illegal fishing gear removed from the sea
Monday, 12 November 2018Guided by a sperm whale, Operation SISO 2018 finishes with 130 km of illegal FADs (Fishing aggregating devices) removed from the sea. Commentary by Director of Sea Shepherd Italia, Andrea Morello. {unitegallery editorial181112} In 2017, crossing the Aeolian Islands archipelago, a young sperm whale remained entangled in an illegal “squadrara” fishing net. The Coast Guard spent many hours...
Jul 6, 2018 - Pressures on Baltic Harbor Porpoises
Jun 22, 2018 - An Iceland Without Whaling is On the Horizon
Jun 19, 2018 - Governments Allow Exemptions for Killing of Protected Species in the Baltic Sea
Jun 14, 2018 - Sea Shepherd is calling on the Starbuck’s Corporation to sever ties with Hong Kong shark fin trade
May 14, 2018 - Organized Crime on the High Seas
Apr 4, 2018 - Sea Shepherd Defends Liberia’s Right to Inspect Fishing Vessels
Feb 27, 2018 - Labor abuse makes illegal fishing possible
Dec 14, 2017 - 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
