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Operation Bloody Fjords

The pilot whale defense campaign continues

Operation Sola Stella

Sea Shepherd concludes a successful joint-operation to stop illegal fishing in Liberia, West Africa

Operation Sola Stella

Sea Shepherd rescues injured sea turtle

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Sea Shepherd Global's campaign to stop the slaughter of pilot whales in Denmark's Faroe Islands

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Sea Shepherd's IUU Task Force team assist the Liberian Coast Guard in IUU fishing arrests.

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Crew from the M/Y Bob Barker rescue an injured turtle off the coast of Liberia on World Turtle Day.

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Facts & Figures

Did You Know?

Facts & Figures

Did You Know?

Facts & Figures

Did You Know?

Facts & Figures

Did You Know?

Facts and figures

Simple truths

If not for whaling, ship strikes, pollution and entanglement in fishing gear, some whales could live for over 200 years.

Nine million tons of plastic ends up in the ocean every year, killing one million seabirds and 100,000 marine animals.

Illegal fishing accounts for an estimated 11-26 million tons of the annual catch of fish globally.

Minke whales communicate with complex songs that can be as loud as the sound of a jet plane (around 150 decibels).

For every pound of trawled shrimp, up to six pounds of "bycatch” is also captured, including turtles and dolphins.

  • Sea Shepherd fights to defend, conserve and protect our oceans.

    We use direct action to defend marine wildlife and protect their habitat in the world’s oceans. Sea Shepherd’s conservation actions aim to safeguard the biodiversity of our delicately-balanced marine ecosystems.

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  • If the oceans die, we die.

    Overfishing, poaching and environmental waste have destroyed marine populations and polluted our seas. International laws and agreements exist to protect our fragile marine ecosystems, but enforcement is lacking.

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  • We do what international authorities can’t … or won’t.

    When existing laws to protect the world’s oceans and marine wildlife are not enforced, Sea Shepherd engages in direct action campaigns, patrolling the high seas and working with national authorities to tackle illegal fishing in sovereign waters.

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Campaigns
Sea Shepherd’s
Direct Action Campaigns

Baltic Sea Campaign 2017

Defending harbor porpoises in the Baltic Sea

Sola Stella 2017

Combatting Illegal Fishing in Liberia, West Africa

Siracusa 2017

Defending the Plemmirio Marine Reserve in Italy

Bloody Fjords 2016/17

Pilot Whale Defense Campaign in the Faroe Islands

Nemesis 2016/17

Our 11th Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign

Albacore 2016

Fighting illegal fishing in Gabon, West Africa.

    Sea Shepherd has been on the front lines of marine conservation since 1977, engaging in over a hundred direct-action campaigns to defend our oceans.
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