Topic: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Change Agent Cleaning up the global aquarium trade

About 30 million fish and other creatures are caught annually to supply the home aquarium market, taking a toll on some reef ecosystems. But conservationists are working to improve the industry by ending destructive practices and encouraging aquaculture.

Sea Shepherd leader pursued by Japan, skips bail in Germany

Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to protect whales, is being sought by Japan and Costa Rica. But Watson skipped bail in Germany, leaving for an undisclosed destination.

Change Agent Fish-loving Japan begins to embrace sustainable seafood

In fish-crazed Japan, where eating seafood is a vital part of the nation's culture, conservation groups are working with companies to persuade more Japanese to eat certified, sustainably caught seafood. If they succeed, it could have a significant positive impact on the world's fisheries.

Global News Blog Whale wars victory: Japan to release three activist stowaways

The promised release of three activists who boarded a Japanese whaling ship a few days ago signals a victory for behind-the-scenes diplomacy with Australia.

Global News Blog Sea Shepherd anti-whaling ship damaged while chasing Japanese vessel

Though the Sea Shepherd conservation group is down a ship, a rogue wave did succeed in putting a spotlight on Japan’s annual whaling season and the activist effort to put an end to it.
12/29/2011 02:41 pm

Japan's 'scientific' whaling season delayed, Sea Shepherd claims responsibility

Financial pressures, clashes with the Sea Shepherd antiwhaling activists, and a drop in the demand for whale meat are contributing to the delayed whaling ship departure.
12/01/2010 12:45 pm

Japan: Dolphin hunt protest canceled due to threats

Japan dolphin hunt: The star of 'The Cove,' a documentary about a Japanese dolphin hunt, is back in Japan to protest the slaughter but had to cancel his trip to the village at the center of the controversy because of threats.
09/01/2010 03:11 pm

Laura Dekker heads out to sea again

Laura Dekker, the 14-year-old Dutch sailor, hopped onto her boat Wednesday and sailed off from the Netherlands. Laura Dekker hopes to become the youngest person to make a solo voyage around the world.
08/04/2010 02:27 pm

Whale wars: Japanese court lets Sea Shepherd activist go home

A court in Japan gave Sea Shepherd activist Peter Bethune a suspended two-year jail term Wednesday. During last winter's annual 'whale wars,' he sneaked onto a whaling ship to try to arrest its captain for sinking the Ady Gil speedboat.
07/07/2010 10:29 am

Carbon offsets: How a Vatican forest failed to reduce global warming

From a scheme to create an algae bloom in the South Pacific to a Vatican forest in the plains of Hungary – how one carbon offset developer's ideas failed to reduce global warming.
04/20/2010 01:00 pm

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Global News Blog Bluefin tuna ban tops concerns at CITES endangered species meeting

The battle over a proposed bluefin tuna ban intensifies as the 175-nation Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) gets under way in Qatar.
03/16/2010 01:04 pm

Global News Blog Paul Watson spices up Canada seal hunt fight

Controversial Whale Wars captain Paul Watson has spiced up opposition to the Canada seal hunt -- offering $50,000 to anyone who can prove Harp seals wastefully eat cod. Canadian senators – in a snub to the EU – promise to keep seal meat on Parliament's menu for as long as the animals are in season.
03/09/2010 06:02 pm

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Whaling: Will Greenpeace trial in Japan put whalers on notice?

Two Greenpeace activists in Japan face up to 10 years in prison for tactics used in exposing black market sales of whale meat. Anti-whaling groups hope Monday's trial helps turn Japanese public opinion against the whale harvest.
02/14/2010 03:40 pm

Global News Blog Whale Wars: Sea Shepherd Watson threatens citizen arrests, says donations pouring in

After a collision with a Japanese whaler that led to the sinking of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Societies Ady Gil last week, the group's leader Paul Watson threatened "citizen's arrests" and said the incident had been a fund-raising boon.
01/11/2010 03:59 pm

Global News Blog Whale Wars: Sea Shepherd lodges piracy charge against Japanese whalers

Paul Watson and his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society allege piracy following the collision between the antiwhaling ship Ady Gil and Japan's Shonan Maru Number 2 earlier this week.
01/08/2010 02:10 pm

Global News Blog Whale Wars: Investigation into the sinking of Sea Shepherd Ady Gil

Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society say the high-tech speed boat was deliberately rammed by a security vessel working for the Japanese whaling fleet. The Japanese say the Ady Gil steered into them. Videos of the collision support both sides. Australia and New Zealand promise to investigate.
01/07/2010 04:23 pm

Global News Blog How Bob Barker joined Sea Shepherd Paul Watson and the whale wars

Bob Barker was among the early Hollywood converts to the animal rights movement. When Paul Watson told him that for $5 million he could end Japanese whaling, Barker responded 'Let's get it on.'
01/07/2010 10:35 am

Global News Blog Whale Wars: The aggressive tactics of Sea Shepherd Paul Watson

A collision Tuesday with a Japanese whalers destroyed a $2 million high-tech speedboat operated by Paul Watson and his anti-whaling outfit, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. It was probably the costliest collision yet for the group. But Watson has a long roster of mishaps at sea.
01/06/2010 04:37 pm

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Global News Blog Whale Wars: How was the Sea Shepherd's new ship sunk?

Paul Watson, star of "Whale Wars," and his eco-vigliantes at the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have been sailing close to the legal wind for some time, harassing Japanese whalers. Wednesday the Sea Shepherd's $2.5 million speedboat Ady Gil was sunk.
01/06/2010 01:53 pm

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Global News Blog Sea Shepherd and Japan escalate annual whaling war

Antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd accused a Japanese vessel hunting for whales in Antarctic waters of deliberately ramming its boat Wednesday, slicing it in half. The clash was the most damaging yet in an annual whaling war that has involved stink bombs, flash grenades, and acoustic weaponry.
01/06/2010 07:24 am

Global News Blog South Park puts spotlight on Paul Watson and his "Whale Wars"

Paul Watson, a self-described "Earth Warrior," is set for another round of Whale Wars against the Japanese fleet as South Park takes aim.
10/29/2009 01:00 am