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Whalers leave the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary escorted by Sea Shepherd

Submitted by takver on Sat, 02/03/2013 - 11:09pm

Sea Shepherd ships the Steve Irwin and Bob Barker today escorted the Japanese whaling factory ship the Nisshin Maru and the Yushin Maru, Yushin Maru No. 2, Shonan Maru No. 2 past 60 degrees south and out of the southern ocean whale sanctuary around Antarctica.

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Senate moves for stronger government action against the Japanese whaling fleet

Submitted by takver on Wed, 27/02/2013 - 1:26am

The Australian Government has an official policy of opposing the Japanese whaling operation in the southern ocean whale sanctuary, but officially it is very quiet. Not so much as a peep from the media releases on the Federal Minister for the Environment Tony Burke MP or the Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Bob Carr's websites. This is despite several ship collisions between ships of the Japanese whaling fleet and 3 Sea Shepherd Australia vessels that have already occurred near Antarctica in the Australian Antarctic Territory and in Australia's marine search and rescue zone.

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Japanese whalers escalate dangerous attacks on Sea Shepherd in refueling attempt

Submitted by takver on Tue, 26/02/2013 - 4:12pm

More ship collisions have occurred in the Southern ocean with the Nisshin Maru ramming the Bob Barker up against the fuel tanker Sun Laurel while blasting the ship with water cannon to try and flood their engines and exploding concussion grenades on the decks of the Bob Barker and the Sun Laurel.

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Claims human rights of tanker crew violated as Japan suspends whaling in Antarctica

Submitted by takver on Fri, 22/02/2013 - 2:11pm

Notes thrown by crew from the South Korean owned Panama registered tanker, Sun Laurel, used for refueling the Japanese whaling fleet, indicate at least some of the crew were taken to Antarctica without their consent or foreknowledge and have been denied means of communication with their families and the International Maritime Organisation about violations of their labour rights.

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Whaling fleet committed multiple breaches of international law, says Sea Shepherd Director Bob Brown

Submitted by takver on Wed, 20/02/2013 - 10:38pm

One of the Directors of Sea Shepherd Australia, Bob Brown conducted an interview Wednesday afternoon in which he called for the Australian Government to intercede directly with Tokyo over the Nisshin Maru ramming of 4 ships in the Southern Ocean and also called for an Australian naval presence to uphold international law in Antarctic waters. Bob Brown is a former leader of the Australian Greens and a former Tasmanian Senator.

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Sea Shepherd: Whaling factory ship rams Korean fuel tanker and 3 activist ships

Submitted by takver on Wed, 20/02/2013 - 8:41pm

Update 25 Feb 2013: Japanese Whalers escalate dangerous attacks on Sea Shepherd in refueling attempt

20 Feb 2013: In the Southern Ocean tempers are fraying over whaling with Sea Shepherd hindering all attempts to slaughter whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sancturay in their Zero Tolerance campaign this year being run from the Australian Sea Shepherd Organisation. A Major confrontation erupted today north of the Australian Casey Antarctic Base when Sea Shepherd used it's vessels to prevent the Nisshin Maru Whaling Factory Ship coming alongside the Panama registered Korean fuel supply ship the Sun Laurel.

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Japanese whaling fleet abandons further hunting this season

Submitted by takver on Fri, 09/03/2012 - 5:50pm

Sea Shepherd are reporting that the Japanese whaling fleet is heading home, with the season coming to an end with weather starting to worsen. Sea Shepherd have again been effective in reducing the lethal efficiency of the illegal Japanese commercial whaling operation that uses a scientific loophole in the International Whaling Commission that allows them to slaughter whales for 'research' and sell the meat as part of their commercial operation.

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Conflict at night as Japanese whaling vessels harass lone Sea Shepherd ship

Submitted by takver on Tue, 06/03/2012 - 7:30pm

Conflict at night on the high seas of the southern ocean whale sanctuary as two Japanese harpoon ships harass Sea Shepherd activists on board the Bob Barker in an attempt to throw them off the tail of the Nisshin Maru whaling factory ship. The weapons in this mini conflict were Tow lines, lasers, spotlights and rockets (flares). The harassment occurred as night was rapidly falling with snow flurries in the air, and within hours of the Bob Barker sighting the Nisshin Maru.

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Sea Shepherd ruse allows Bob Barker to find whaling factory ship

Submitted by takver on Tue, 06/03/2012 - 1:31am

The Japanese whaling fleet is facing a second year of poor whaling in the southern ocean whale sanctuary due to the dogged perseverance and tactics of two Sea Shepherd vessels: the Steve Irwin and Bob Baker. A third sea sheperd vessel, the Brigitte Bardot, was forced to retire early in the whaling season when it sustained damage from a rogue wave.

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Australia-Japan diplomatic crisis brewing over activists held on board whaling ship

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 09/01/2012 - 1:43am

In a press conference Sunday afternoon Federal Attorney General Nicola Roxon said that Government officials are in talks with Japanese authorities over the fate of the 3 Australians now held captive on the Japanese whaling security vessel Shonan Maru No2. She said the Government's primary concern was the safety of the three men.

On Sunday morning Forest Rescue activists boarded the Japanese whaling ship in solidarity with Sea Shepherd.

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