Something is not right about the latest action on the Southern Ocean. At hand claims and even a video showing what looks like a shot t hrough a bullet proof vest worn by Sea Shepherds Captain-Paul Watson. In this video he claims to have taken a direct round to the heart region. For all intents it looks like he has, with the bullet passing deeply into the vest only to be stopped dramatically by a shield he was wearing below the vest. The media are having a field day with this. Now let's break...Read Full Story
On the high seas around Antarctica, things are getting ugly.
For the crew of the “Steve Irwin”, belonging to the anti-whaling activists Sea Shepherd , this is old news. They’re there to prevent the slaughter of hundreds of minke whales by Japanese sailors on three vessels including the factory ship Nisshin Maru - technically a research vessel, but also involved in whalemeat processing that ends up on Japanese dinner tables. The whales are being hunted legally thanks to a loophole in in the...Read Full Story
Sea Shepherd:Latest update news about Sea Shepherd.Sea Shepherd activists have found and blockaded Japan’s key factory ship Nisshin Maru in the Antarctic.Last week the Nisshin Maru gave Sea Shepherd vessels the slip in thick ice and was able to refuel, breaking a month-long grip by the activists on the whaling fleet.The conservationists said their scout vessel Gojira located the Nisshin Maru on the far north-eastern tip of the Ross Sea overnight.
Japan has rejected foreign demands that it...Read Full Story
As you know we have been following the 2008 Southern Sea whale hunt this year with keen interest. First there was the Sea Shepherd vs Greenpeace war of words . The "who was more green" eco-ocean smackdown. Then, three weeks ago, we covered the ongoing Sea Shepherd stink bomb throwing hippie hostage standoff with the Nisshin Maru. We also covered Yokozuna Asashoryu , Tokyo's top Sumo wrestler's open wrestling challenge to Sea Shepherds captain-Paul Watson. Man, what a season! And now, after...Read Full Story
The Sea Shepherd crew are now heading South to catch up with the Yusshin Maru No.2 hunter/killer harpoon vessel. They have a tracking device onboard her and it was only a half a days sail away.
Captain Paul Watson:
At 1200 hours, Sea Shepherd changed course and began to head due south, as the Nisshin Maru continued westward. Contact was broken off with the Japanese factory ship at 63 degrees, 42 minutes south and 124 degrees, 56 minutes east.
“We have chased the factory ship for a solid...Read Full Story
The marathon Antarctic whaling pursuit is set to run into next month, with Sea Shepherd activists replenishing fuel to keep up their chase of the Japanese factory ship Nisshin Maru. Sea Shepherd leader Paul Watson said today the group's long-range vessel ...
"Lacking a scout vessel, we cannot close in on the Nisshin Maru but we can keep them running and we will keep them on the move," Mr Watson said. "The drones are tracking the movement quite well." Antarctic weather remained mainly stormy, making it ...
Activists of antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on Sunday obstructed Japan's so-called research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean, hurling a rope at a whaling ship and twisting it around the ship's propeller, the Japanese Fisheries Agency said. The activists also threw bottles containing butyric acid and hurled smoke candles at the Yushin Maru No. 2 during the incident which started at 7:20 a.m. and lasted for about two hours...
As Sea Shepherd conservationists claimed their first coup of this summer's whaling conflict off Australia on Christmas Eve, they made sure to thank their sponsors. The activists had found the secretive Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru with their own ...
Sea Shepherd’s vessels in the Southern Oceans intercepted the Japanese whaling fleet on Christmas day, one thousand miles north of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The Steve Irwin deployed a drone which located and photographed the Japanese factory ship Nisshin Maru on 24 December. Sea Shepherd are attempting to blockade the factory ship, which means that the harpoon vessels are unable to hunt. Subsequently, three Japanese harpoon/security...
Steering a small inflatable boat between a rumbling 8,000-ton Japanese whaling ship and a 20-ton whale takes a certain set of skills. Turns out you can learn those skills at camp. This month, the activist environmental group Greenpeace will hold ...
as its harpoon is still covered," Sea Shepherd leader Paul Watson said. He said the Bob Barker was heading east in pursuit of the Nisshin Maru, followed at close range by the Yushin Maru No.3. "Sea Shepherd can confirm that the Japanese whaling fleet is ...
Follow news about the Japanese government's whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru. A fire onboard the ship in early 2007 risked a potential oil spill. Greenpeace came to the ships aid.
Scoop - Photographs of the current situation of the Nisshin Maru can be found using this link: http://www.icrwhale.org/08/s/08-A-03.htm Originally built to operate as a trawler, in 1991 was transforme
Nisshin Maru The Nisshin Maru is the only factory whaling ship currently operating in the world. She is the mother ship of the Japanese whaling fleet, and her function is to process and store the meat
The first thoughts of all of us on the Esperanza is for the crew of the Japanese whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru. We hope that news reports that one crew member is... Greenpeace:
BBC News - Japan has rejected a plea by New Zealand to allow a Greenpeace vessel to tow its stricken whaling ship out of Antarctic waters. Officials said there was no threat of environmental damage fr