Sea Shepherd news articles from 2012 and earlier.

For articles from 2013 and newer, visit our Sea Shepherd News page.

Dec 30, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Australia Welcomes Former Greens Leader Bob Brown to its Board of Directors

Dec 26, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Challenges Denmark at the European Commission

Dec 25, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Invites Concerned Nations to Witness Activities in Southern Ocean

Dec 21, 2012 - Join the Crew of the Steve Irwin LIVE This Christmas Eve / Day!

Dec 14, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Makes Bid to China to Survey Diaoyu Islands to Protect Indigenous Marine Wildlife

Dec 10, 2012 - Bloody and Brutal Namibian Seal Hunt Season Ends

Dec 10, 2012 - The SSS Sam Simon is Unveiled in Hobart, Tasmania

Dec 3, 2012 - Puget Sound Orcas Endangered Status Threatened

Nov 29, 2012 - $9 Challenge: OZT Fundraising Update and Continuing Appeal

Nov 21, 2012 - Rutger Hauer and Sil van der Woerd Create Film as Gift for Sea Shepherd

Nov 21, 2012 - Captain Watson Offers $20,000 Reward to Help Apprehend Gulf Dolphin Killers

Nov 19, 2012 - Raising Awareness About Our Oceans on Aerosmith’s “Global Warming Tour” - Part Two

Nov 13, 2012 - Hearing to Discuss PG&E’s Central Coast Seismic Testing Permit Request To Be Held Nov. 14th

Nov 9, 2012 - Laufen gegen Leiden - A Marathon Runner dedicates his Efforts to Animal Rights

Nov 5, 2012 - Sea Lions Killed for the Crime of...Eating Fish?

Nov 5, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Zero Tolerance

Nov 5, 2012 - Pamela Anderson Launches Sea Shepherd's Operation Zero Tolerance Aboard the SSS Brigitte Bardot

Oct 30, 2012 - Dutch National Postcode Lottery Prolongs Collaboration with Sea Shepherd

Oct 30, 2012 - Help Shape Threat Management Plan for New Zealand’s Endemic Maui’s Dolphin

Oct 27, 2012 - German National Released from Shingu Jail

Oct 26, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Announces Southern Operation Base

Oct 16, 2012 - Captain Paul Watson Receives Jules Verne Award

Oct 13, 2012 - Western Australia Dept of Fisheries Put Sharks in Jeopardy

Oct 12, 2012 - The Dolphins Need Your Help!

Oct 12, 2012 - Update on Six Dolphins Shipped on Monday From Taiji

Oct 11, 2012 - Sea Shepherd at the Heart of a Japanese Scandal

Oct 9, 2012 - German National Arrested in Taiji

Oct 8, 2012 - U.S. Ninth Circuit Court Panel To Hear Appeal From Japan's ICR Against Sea Shepherd

Oct 6, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Galapagos Documentary Premieres in Melbourne and LA

Oct 3, 2012 - Japanese Whalers Confirm Sea Shepherd's Effectiveness

Sep 27, 2012 - Orca Death, a Taste of What's to Come?

Sep 25, 2012 - Human Impact Affecting Wildlife Population in Argentina

Sep 25, 2012 - Human Impact Affecting Wildlife Population in Argentina

Sep 24, 2012 - CITES – A New Hope?

Sep 21, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Crewmember Assists with Baby Humpback Rescue in Tonga

Sep 16, 2012 - O.R.C.A. Force Stealth Mission a Success

Sep 12, 2012 - Operation Kimberley Miinimbi Summary and Launch of Campaign Film

Sep 11, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Partners with Nation of Kiribati to Patrol the Phoenix Islands

Sep 8, 2012 - PG&E Seeking Approval for Seismic Testing on California’s Central Coast

Sep 5, 2012 - O.R.C.A Force UAV Captures First Footage of Sealers

Sep 4, 2012 - Hundreds Rally in Sydney for Kimberley Whales

Aug 29, 2012 - O.R.C.A. Force’s Unmanned Aircraft Makes Successful Test Flight Over Cape Cross Seal Colony

Aug 28, 2012 - Judge Denies Bail in Galapagos Iguana Smuggling Case

Aug 25, 2012 - Operation Kimberley Miinimbi Update: Chevron Jumps Ship as Pressure to Save Critical Humpback Nursery From Gas Hub Increases

Aug 25, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Launches Operation Desert Seal II

Aug 23, 2012 - Toronto Should Not Permit the Capture of Wild Endangered Sharks for Ripley's Aquarium

Aug 11, 2012 - Setting the Record Straight on Paul Watson's Legal Status

Aug 11, 2012 - Update from Operation Kimberley Miinimbi: The Steve Irwin encounters the World’s Largest Humpback Whale Nursery

Aug 11, 2012 - Galapagos Iguana Case: Defendant Should Not Be Granted Bail

Aug 10, 2012 - Operation Infinite Patience: Cove Guardians 2012-2013

Aug 10, 2012 - Irish Champion Swimmer to Brave the English Channel in Support of Sea Shepherd

Aug 8, 2012 - Costa Rica Elevates Politically Motivated Attack Upon Captain Watson and Sea Shepherd; Interpol ‘Red’ Notice Issued

Aug 8, 2012 - Death Trawler On its Way Down Under

Aug 7, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Arrives in Broome to Begin Whale Survey at James Price Point

Aug 6, 2012 - Former Greens Senator Bob Brown in Broome to begin Operation Kimberley Miinimbi

Aug 2, 2012 - Announcing the Winners of the “Save Our Skipper” Online Visual Petition Contest!

Jul 31, 2012 - Raising Awareness About Our Oceans on Aerosmith’s “Global Warming Tour”

Jul 30, 2012 - Captain Paul Watson Sends Sea Shepherd First Message for Supporters Since Departing Germany

Jul 27, 2012 - Attorney for Captain Paul Watson Confirms Sea Shepherd's Beliefs: Japan is Seeking to Extradite Watson

Jul 26, 2012 - Reflections on a Sea Lion Killing Season at the Bonneville Dam

Jul 26, 2012 - Attorney for Captain Paul Watson Confirms the Activist has Departed Germany

Jul 24, 2012 - Champion Racecar Driver Zack Jarrell is Racing to Save Our Oceans

Jul 23, 2012 - Steve Irwin Departs for Broome to Commence Operation Kimberley Miinimbi

Jul 17, 2012 - Bob Brown and Sea Shepherd Launch Operation Kimberley Miinimbi

Jul 12, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Calls On its Supporters to Oppose Gas Hub for Aussie Humpbacks

Jul 12, 2012 - Measures to Protect Maui's Dolphins Inadequate

Jul 10, 2012 - SOS – Save Our Skipper Call to Action!

Jul 10, 2012 - German National Arrested in Galapagos for Attempting to Smuggle Wildlife

Jul 4, 2012 - Japanese Whalers Acknowledge Sea Shepherd Success

Jun 30, 2012 - Long Awaited Ombudsman Report Proves Disappointing for Namibia’s Cape Fur Seals

Jun 28, 2012 - The Rice and Banana Conspiracy: The Japan/Costa Rica Connection

Jun 27, 2012 - Captain Paul Watson’s Arrest Appears to Be Bad News for the Shark Finners of Costa Rica

Jun 25, 2012 - Galapagos National Park Mourns the Loss of Lonesome George, an Icon of Conservation Efforts Worldwide

Jun 25, 2012 - Legal Victory for Sea Shepherd U.K. Today in the British Court

Jun 22, 2012 - The Scandalous Crime of Saving Sharks In Shady Costa Rica

Jun 22, 2012 - The M/V Sam Simon to Join the Sea Shepherd Fleet for the Next Voyage to Antarctica

Jun 21, 2012 - Home and Away star Rallies for the Whales

Jun 16, 2012 - The Tide Has Turned for Marine Life in Australia

Jun 12, 2012 - M/Y Brigitte Bardot & M/Y Bob Barker Sail into Sydney, Australia

Jun 7, 2012 - Sea Shepherd officially hands over AIS system to Galapagos National Park Service

Jun 5, 2012 - Deputy Greens Leader Adam Bandt steps up for the sharks as the Brigitte Bardot becomes a Melbournian

Jun 2, 2012 - The Five Nations Iroquois Confederacy asks for the release of Captain Paul Watson

May 30, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Founder Arrested in Germany

May 25, 2012 - Captain Paul Watson Meets with the Foreign Minister of Costa Rica Enrique Castillo

May 23, 2012 - Our Voices for the Sharks in a Heartfelt Pledge of Cooperation on the May 23rd Day of Protest

May 23, 2012 - John Paul DeJoria Pleas to German Ministry to Free Paul Watson

May 22, 2012 - Letter From the Former Minister of the Environment of Australia Senator Ian Campbell

May 22, 2012 - Watch Captain Watson’s Press Conference Outside Preungesheim Prison

May 19, 2012 - S.O.S. Day – Save Our Skipper – Wednesday May 23rd

May 18, 2012 - Bogus Extradition Process to Proceed, but Captain Paul Watson Granted Bail

May 17, 2012 - German Prosecutor’s Late Motion Gives German Ministers More Time to Free Captain Paul Watson!

May 16, 2012 - Germany Considers Sending Whale Defender to Costa Rica

May 15, 2012 - Urgent Call to Sea Shepherd Supporters - Help Save Captain Watson from Extradition to Costa Rica!

May 14, 2012 - Update on the Arrest of Captain Watson: Day 2 in Custody

May 13, 2012 - Captain Paul Watson Arrested In Frankfurt, Germany on Warrant Issued by Costa Rica

May 12, 2012 - Sea Shepherd Celebrates the Birthday of Canada’s Living Treasure, Farley Mowat

May 9, 2012 - Don’t Allow Extinction to Be the Fate of the Maui’s Dolphin

May 5, 2012 - Another Step Closer to Environmental Justice in the Galapagos

May 4, 2012 - Marine Mammal “Researcher” Observed Harassing and Possibly Abusing Sea Lions in Astoria, Oregon

May 3, 2012 - Live Whale Wars: Viking Shores After-Show Friday May 4th 10 PM ET