The Whale's Navy
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Learn about this important mission - our fifth Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign. Captain Paul Watson and volunteer crew will once again journey to the Southern Ocean to defend whales from the brutal harpoons of the Japanese whalers
The IWC has instructed Japan to stop killing whales in the
Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary
http://www.iwcoffice.org/conservation/sanctuaries.htm
As stated in Resolution 2007-1 below:
RECALLING that the Commission has repeatedly requested Contracting Parties to refrain from issuing special permits for research involving the killing of whales within the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, has expressed deep concern at continuing lethal research within the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, and has also recommended that scientific research involving the killing of cetaceans should only be permitted where critically important research needs are addressed;
the IWC is:
CONVINCED that the aims of JARPA II do not address critically important research needs;
the IWC:
FURTHER CALLS UPON the Government of Japan to suspend indefinitely the lethal aspects of JARPA II conducted within the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
Resolution 2007-1 (RESOLUTION ON JARPA) is located on the IWC's website at:
http://www.iwcoffice.org/Meetings/resolutions/resolution2007.htm
The IWC established the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary in 1994
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In 1986, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) enacted a moratorium on all commercial whaling. Since then, three nations - Iceland, Norway, and Japan - have brutally slaughtered over 25,000 whales under the guise of scientific research and for commercial purposes. The IWC does not have the capacity to enforce the moratorium. Sea Shepherd, guided by the United Nations World Charter for Nature, is the only organization whose mission is to enforce these international conservation regulations on the high seas.
credit Paul Taggart/World Picture News
Highlights from our past three decades include:
- Ramming and disabling the notorious pirate whaler, the Sierra
- Shutting down half of the Spanish whaling fleet
- Documentation of whaling activities in the Faeroe Islands chronicled in the
BBC documentary Black Harvest
- Scuttling half of the Icelandic whaling fleet and whale processing station
- Scuttling of the Norwegian whaling vessels Nybraena and Senet
- Confronting and opposing Japan's illegal whaling in Antarctica
Sea Shepherd has gone on to end the careers of 9 illegal whaling vessels, saving thousands of whales. These campaigns and other Sea Shepherd efforts have kept the issue of whaling in the international spotlight for the past thirty years.
 
Support Sea Shepherds unique efforts to safeguard whales around the world
Sea Shepherd's mission is to end the destruction of habitat and the slaughter of wildlife in the world's oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. Sea Shepherd uses innovative direct-action tactics to investigate, document, and take action when necessary to expose and confront illegal activities on the high seas. By safeguarding the biodiversity of our delicately-balanced ocean ecosystems, Sea Shepherd works to ensure their survival for future generations.
 
 
bottom row credit Bob Talbot
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