Sea Shepherd

Watch: Fourth fishing trawler arrested in the Gambian waters

The Government of the Gambia collaborated with the Sea Shepherd arresting a fourth trawler, fishing vessel ‘Niam Niokho’ for fishing within The Gambia’s nine-nautical mile Special Management Area reserved for artisanal fishermen in less than a month.

Specifically, this arrest comes after the government of The Gambia had already arrested, in late August, two fishing trawlers for IUU fishing activities. In their efforts to tackle IUU fishing, Sea Shepherd arrested the fifteenth illegal-fishing...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-fourth-fishing-trawler-arrested-in-the-gambian-waters/

Watch: Sea Shepherd and scientists sight the first vaquita for 2019

A group of scientists and conservationists have been collaborating with Sea Shepherd in attempts to reduce as much ghost net as possible from the critical zones; In August they recorded the first vaquita sightings of 2019.

As the video explains, the participants had sightings of two pairs of Vaquitas on August 19th and 20th, then two Vaquitas were photographed when sighted on September 3rd.

Vaquita are the smallest cetaceans on the planet and the most endangered marine mammal on Earth. The...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-sea-shepherd-and-scientists-sight-the-first-vaquita-for-2019/

Watch: Sea Shepherd arrests two illegal fishing trawlers

The Sea Shepherd has partnered with the government of Gambia to tackle and halt illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in West Africa. The partners arrested in late August two illegal fishing vessels for fishery violations.

Specifically, the fishing vessels Lao Yuan Yu 010 and Victory 205 were arrested because of fishing violations, such as fishing without a fishing log book and fishing within the Gambia’s nine-nautical mile Special Management Area reserved for artisanal fishermen

According...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-sea-shepherd-arrests-two-illegal-fishing-trawlers/

Watch: Sea Shepherd Arrests Two Trawlers During Patrols In Gambia

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In a joint operation in partnership with the government of The Gambia to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in West Africa, Sea Shepherd crew worked together with law enforcement agents representing the Gambian Department of Fisheries and The Gambia Navy onboard the Sea Shepherd vessel Sam Simon to arrest two industrial trawlers for a number of fisheries offenses. Photos by Flavio Gasperini/Sea Shepherd.

On August 27th the fishing vessels Lao Yuan Yu 010 and Victory 205...

https://www.marineinsight.com/videos/watch-sea-shepherd-arrests-two-trawlers-during-patrols-in-gambia/

Sea Shepherd arrests the fifteenth illegal-fishing vessel

In a joint operation in partnership with the Liberian Ministry of National Defense to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Republic of Liberia, West Africa, Sea Shepherd has assisted the Liberian Coast Guard with the arrest of a foreign-flagged purse seine fishing vessel with a criminal history of illegal fishing in Liberia. The vessel caught, Solevant, is the 15th arrest of an illegal-fishing vessel in the area.

Mainly, the fishing vessel (F/V) Solevant, a 55-meter...

https://safety4sea.com/sea-shepherd-arrests-the-fifteenth-illegal-fishing-vessel/

Japanese fleet kills 333 minke whales

The Japanese fleet that fishes whales returned after killing 333 minke whales in the Southern Ocean. According to the Japanese Institute of Cetacean Research from the 333 killed whales, 186 were male and 181 female. Over 50% of the females were adult and preliminary analysis, such as pregnancy rates, suggest healthy fertility of the species.

The whales were hunted between December 18, 2018 and February 27, 2019, and the survey area was the sea area south of 60 degrees south between 0 degree...

https://safety4sea.com/japanese-fleet-kills-333-minke-whales/

Sea Shepherd Legal, Gabon to tackle fisheries crime

Sea Shepherd Legal has collaborated with Gabon’s National Agency of National Parks (ANPN) to initiate capacity-building workshops, aiming to provide legal and policy support to multiple government agencies combating fisheries crime in Gabon, Central West Africa.

The first workshop was held in the capital city of Libreville, and took place after the arrest of two industrial shrimp trawlers for fishing in one of Gabon’s newly-established marine protected areas, breaching Gabonese law.

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https://safety4sea.com/sea-shepherd-legal-gabon-to-tackle-fisheries-crime/

US urged to act on Māui dolphins extinction

Sea Shepherd submitted a petition to the US government for emergency rulemaking, demanding it to fulfill its obligations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to protect the Māui dolphin. Actually, the organization formally demanded that the Trump Administration immediately ban all imports from New Zealand fisheries that are driving the Māui dolphin to extinction.

The Māui dolphin is the world’s most endangered marine dolphin. Endemic to New Zealand, the Māui dolphin population has been...

https://safety4sea.com/us-urged-to-act-on-maui-dolphins-extinction/

Watch: Sea Shepherd ship attacked in Upper Gulf of California

On January 31st, Sea Shepherd vessel the ‘M/V Farley Mowat’ was attacked by more than 50 assailants posing as fishermen on board 20 high speed boats while performing maritime conservation patrols inside the Vaquita Refuge in the Upper Gulf of California. A total of 52 skiffs were counted.

The poachers threw molotov cocktails and projectiles, including lead weights and large stones, smashing windows and setting the side of the Sea Shepherd ship on fire.

Sea Shepherd crewmembers fended the...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-sea-shepherd-ship-attacked-in-upper-gulf-of-california/

Sea Shepherd Ship’s Windows Smashed And Hull Set On Fire By Poachers

Sea Shepherd Ship’s Windows Smashed and Hull Set on Fire by Poachers

Hope shattered for vaquita survival as Sea Shepherd ship violently attacked by poachers in the Gulf of California, suffering damage from projectiles and Molotov cocktails while protecting world’s most endangered marine mammal.

On January 31st, Sea Shepherd vessel the M/V Farley Mowat was violently attacked by over 50 assailants posing as fishermen on board 20 high speed boats while conducting maritime conservation patrols inside the Vaquita Refuge in the Upper Gulf of California. A total of 52...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/sea-shepherd-ships-windows-smashed-and-hull-set-on-fire-by-poachers/

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