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Sea Shepherd vessel MV Ocean Warrior receives official welcoming

Sea Shepherd vessel MV Ocean Warrior receives official welcoming and is presented with a plaque from the Fremantle mayor Brad Pettitt, the company said in its press release. Fremantle mayor Brad Pettitt presents the Ocean Warrior with a city of Fremantle plaque, with Adam Meyerson and Jeff Hansen 6th April 2017 - Fremantle mayor Brad Pettitt, state and Federal Labor politicians (Simon McGurk MLA - Member for Fremantle, Lisa O’Malley - Member for Bicton and Josh Wilson MP - Federal Member for Fremantle) officially welcomed Sea Shepherd's latest weapon against poaching into Fremantle, Fishing boat harbour.

Sea Shepherd finds Japanese whaling ship

Activist group Sea Shepherd’s fast new patrol vessel Ocean Warrior on Friday intercepted a Japanese harpoon ship “hiding behind an iceberg” in thick fog as its annual high-seas battle against whaling kicked off. Two vessels from the environmental organisation left Australia on December 5 bound for the freezing Southern Ocean in the Antarctic for its 11th campaign to disrupt the Japanese hunt. It said Ocean Warrior , built with financial support from the Dutch, British and Swedish lotteries, had already found one of the harpoon ships which meant the rest of the fleet would be near by. “The crews of the Ocean Warrior and the Steve Irwin have been battling through thick fog and ice to protect the whales in the Australian whale sanctuary,” said Ocean Warrior captain Adam Meyerson, referring to the sanctuary around Australia’s Antarctic territory. “Finding one of the hunter killer ships hiding behind an iceberg in a thick fog means that the rest of the fleet is nearby.” http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/Sea-Shepherd-finds-Japanese-whaling-ship/article16936546.ece

Japanese whaling vessels hunt minke whales in Southern Ocean

There are calls for the New Zealand and Australian Navy to prevent Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Ocean. Two whaling vessels have departed the port of Shimonoseki to hunt 333 minke whales, despite the International Court of Justice ruling it illegal. Sea Shepherd's Kiwi coordinator, Michael Lawry, says Australia and New Zealand have done good work in the past. "The next thing they could do, and we hope they would do this, would be for the Australian and New Zealand Governments to send a patrol ship down to the Southern Ocean to escort their ships out of the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary." Sea Shepherd is heading to the Antarctic Ocean in two weeks' time to confront the Japanese whaling fleet. Mr Lawry says the international community needs to act. "If they get away with it, and they're the fourth biggest economic power in the world, other countries will say, 'Well why can't we go to the Southern Ocean and kill 333 minke whales as well?' And then you've got even more of a problem." But he says his crew is better equipped than ever. "The ship we have is the Ocean Warrior, and it's a game changer. We were donated $12 million by the Dutch postcode lottery, and we've built a new ship - high-speed, long-range. "For the first time, we'll be able to outrun their fleet and really take it to them this year." http://www.newshub.co.nz/environmentsci/japanese-whaling-vessels-hunt-minke-whales-in-southern-ocean-2016111920