Activist documentaries of this ilk are inevitably preaching to the converted, even if that’s not their intention, as they’re likely to attract audiences who were enthusiastic champions of the cause before they walked in the door. Partnerships to Protect Africa’s Marine Wildlife. On the evening of July 5th, I was awarded the Amazon Peace Prize from the Latin American Association for human rights I signed an agreement with the National Police that we would work in partnership to protect the Galapagos National Park and the Amazonian National Parks. A life raft is smashed to smithereens. Sea Shepherd UK continues our campaign for international pressure on the Faroe Islands to end the pilot whale and dolphin hunts. Learn about our partnerships with seven African governments to stop illegal fishing. It is a rousing film, directed by Stephen Amis and constructed using footage captured from four Sea Shepherd vessels, which were fitted with camera and GoPros. The Director General of the National Police came directly from a meeting with the President of Ecuador where the President authorized the Director General to sign the agreement with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. After seven years we are now free to do the job that we came to do in the Galapagos in 2000 and with the full support of the Ecuadorian government. Formally incorporated in 1981, after being formed as an idea in the late 1970s by Captain Paul Watson – who was also a co-founder of Greenpeace – the not-for-profit organisation uses direct action activism to pursue its objectives. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society maintains a permanent office in the Galapagos and has provided a full time patrol boat to the National Park. Next time you're in Amsterdam, stop by our shop in the Museum District! Open Tues-Sun 11am-5pm. Next time you're in Amsterdam, stop by our shop in the Museum District! Captain Paul Watson of anti-whaling activist group Sea Shepherd. – Walt Whitman, Sea Shepherd helps the Gambia tackle illegal fishing, Sea Shepherd Ship’s Windows Smashed and Hull Set on Fire by Poachers, Sea Shepherd is fundraising for OPERATION TREASURED ISLANDS. Director – The Farley Mowat Institute Amis has described the film as one that “captures the spirit of global activism – where real people show raw, unvarnished fear and heroism against terrifying odds”. “I remember very clearly standing on the bridge of the Bob Barker as we’re in the midst of this almost naval-like battle,” he tells Guardian Australia. It sounds like a cliche, but watching it I have to remind myself to keep breathing. “People call us violent,” Watson says. Founder and President of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (1977- The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is now a partner with the National Police Force of Ecuador. ‘Are you willing to risk your life to save the life of a whale?’. Sea Shepherd acquired the Ocean 7 Adventurer for its 2011 campaign against Japanese whaling in the Antarctic, renaming it MV Gojira. I think it is a far nobler pursuit to take a risk to protect an endangered species or an endangered habitat.”, The veteran activist says one defining moment in his activism came in the 1970s, when he was a medic during the occupation of Wounded Knee by the American Indian Movement. In the vicinity other boats jostle for positions: another two Sea Shepherd ships and five other whaling vessels. Learn more. For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go, And we’re not here because we’re concerned about winning or losing. The sight of what happened that day gives me hope. It means we can do patrols, set up surveillance positions and we can make arrests. Director of the Sierra Club USA (2003-2006) The Bob Barker loses power. A Sea Shepherd boat is rammed by a Japanese whaling ship in the documentary Defend, Conserve, Protect. In addition to the risks posed by direct confrontations, such as the one featured in the film, the Antarctic is dangerous in and of itself, with some of the most extreme weather in the world. During the last month the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has intercepted and seized over 19,000 shark fins, 92,000 sea cucumbers and confiscated over 35 miles of illegal longline from the Marine Reserve. Humpback whales communicate with complex songs that can be as loud as the sound of a jet plane (around 150 decibels). 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