Summer Narwhal Hunt Confirmed for 2013

Narwhals Come Up In Seal Holes Photograph by Paul Nicklen

Narwahl ~ Wiipedia 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal

Narwhal Monodon monoceros : National Geographic
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/narwhal/

Summer Narwhal Hunt Confirmed for 2013

ICTMN Staff
June 14, 2013
The government of Canada has confirmed that a narwhal hunt will take place this summer.

"We are pleased to confirm that the majority of Inuit hunters will be able to continue to sell narwhal by-products resulting from their subsistence hunt on international markets,” read a statement from Fisheries and Oceans Canada on June 14. “This decision was made based on the best available scientific information and in consultation with partners including Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the Government of Nunavut, the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, hunters and trappers organizations, and northern communities to ensure the long-term sustainability of the traditional narwhal hunt.”

The consultation was done in recognition of “the importance of the traditional narwhal hunt to many Nunavut communities,” said the statement released jointly by Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield, Environment Minister Peter Kent and Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq, who also serves as minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development and is the Member of Parliament for Nunavut.

After evaluating the narwhal hunt for its impact on the endangered species, Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced on June 14 that Inuit of Nunavut could continue harvesting the animals and selling their byproducts internationally. The agency conducted its evaluation in light of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which met in May. (Related: International Wildlife Trade Group Votes to Protect Hundreds of Species)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada “concluded that the planned harvest in 2013 will not be detrimental to the species’ survival in the wild,” the government said.

The Integrated Fisheries Management Plan for narwhal, agreed upon in January by the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board and Ashfield, formed part of the basis for the summer-harvest limits calculation. That plan took two years to build.

“At times, the development of the plan was very difficult, but in the end, Inuit now have a management plan in place that we feel meets our needs and respects our harvesting rights,” said James Eetoolook, Acting President of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., in a statement after the management plan was announced in January. (Related: Canada Feds Ban Narwhal Tusk Exports)

Under the management plan, the narwhal limit for the community of Grise Fiord harvesting from Jones Sound was raised from 20 to 50, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. said.

Besides the Narwhal Integrated Fisheries Management Plan, the government also examined scientific information as well as Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge that had been published.

“In particular, by-products of narwhal from the summering stocks of Somerset Island, Admiralty Inlet, Eclipse Sound, East Baffin Island, and Northern Hudson Bay can be exported again this year,” the government’s statement said.

The numbers for some areas of Parry Channel, Jones Sound and Smith Sound (the community of Grise Fiord) still need to be fine-tuned, the statement said, and a broad survey to do so will be conducted this summer.

“This will provide comprehensive advice on abundance, distribution and sustainable harvest levels of Canadian narwhal populations for the future as a decision could not be reached this year due to lack of scientific information,” the statement concluded. “We will continue building collaborative relationships to reflect our common objective —a sustainable narwhal harvest that will maximize the benefits to Inuit harvesters today and into the future.”


Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/06/14/summer-narwhal-hunt-confirmed-2013-149917

Via BloodWolfie

THE SEA SHEPHERD FAMILY~SARA PRISCILA

Courtesy Olaf Janssen

These are the words of Sara Priscila.
She is SeaShepherd.
She speaks for us all, and I feel blessed to hear this incredible voice from our family of SeaShepherd.


Discussion  -  3:34 AM
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Let our dolphin #Swimfree  because #captivitykills

Sara Priscila 7:44 AM+1

Lugar de cetáceos, peixes, moluscos, etc não é em aquários nem em laboratórios pra experiência nem tão pouco em panelas ou em lojas de shopping. Eles merecem viver livres em seu habitat natural!!! Assim como o lugar de todos os outros animais da fauna não é em cativeiro pois a jaula só deve aprisionar criminosos!!! Sou a favor do fechamento dos circos com animais, dos zoológicos, dos cativeiros e tanques particulares, laboratórios de pesquisas, lojas e marcas que comercializem qualquer animal ou derivado animal, parques que mantenham animais obrigados a trabalhar com entretenimento humano, etc. Querem conhecer os animais? Façam trilhas em grupos nas florestas com biólogos e botânicos que será bem mais instrutivo. Querem que suas crianças conheçam golfinhos, pinguins, leões marinhos, etc? Reunam as famílias de seus amigos e aluguem uma embarcação legalizada que os leve para passearem no final de semana, feriado ou férias em alto mar. Mergulhem com instrutores profissionais e seus filhos aprenderão mais sobre a natureza em poucos dias do que acham que aprenderam em anos dentro das escolas... Incentivem a educação ambiental e o respeito mesmo ao desconhecido pois o temido nem sempre é o vilão na realidade. Dessa forma, os pescadores poderão viver da renda que receberão em levar famílias pra conhecer os animais vivos e em seu habitat natural sem recorrem ao finning ou outras práticas abomináveis e será muito mais interessante e emocionante conhecer os animais livres do que aprisionados. Vamos tentar mudar a consciência dos outros a partir de nós? Só assim obteremos êxito!!! Façam o correto que valerá a pena. Abraço

Olaf Janssen9:53 AM+1
translation from +Sara Priscila :

Place of cetaceans, fish, shellfish, etc. is not in aquariums or in laboratories to experience nor in pots or in mall stores. They deserve to live free in their natural habitat!! As the place of all other animals fauna in captivity is not only because the cage to imprison criminals!! I favor the close of animal circuses, zoos, captivity by tanks and private research laboratories, stores and brands that sell any animal derived or animal parks to keep animals forced to work with human entertainment, etc.. Want to know the animals? Make tracks in groups in forests with biologists and botanists who will be far more instructive. Want their children know dolphins, penguins, sea lions, etc.? Gather your families and friends to rent a vessel that legalized mild to roam over the weekend, holiday or vacation at sea. Dive with professional instructors and their children learn more about nature in a few days they think they have learned in years within schools ... Encourage environmental education and respect even when

Adelheid Adelliam10:01 AM+2
Obrigado!
+Sara Priscila 
Suas palavras são poderosas, bonito e totalmente inspirador. Tenho a honra de conhecê-lo e abençoado que vocês estão aqui como parte da família SSCS.

Thank you!!!
+Sara Priscila 
Your words are powerful,  beautiful, and totally inspiring. I am honored to know you and blessed that you are here as part of the SSCS family.

Thank you +Olaf Janssen for allowing me to understand. :) *

Sara Priscila12:02 PM+2

Eu que me sinto agraciada pelo Criador por me permitir conhecer o trabalho mais que maravilhoso da Sea Shepherd. Mais que piratas, cada voluntário da Sea Shepherd é um anjo de guerra que luta pela vida, pelo respeito, pela justiça e sinto que fui contemplada com a amizade de vocês. Sou Sea Shepherd na alma, no espírito, no DNA... Só depende de nós que nossos "inimigos" de hoje podem se tornar nossos aliados amanhã!!! Nós que temos a consciência ambiental devidamente fundamentada e as ideias revolucionárias é que devemos apresentá-las à eles ao invés de esperar que eles se comovam com nossa luta. Oque na realidade os move é o dinheiro para sustentar suas famílias, precisamos adaptar nosso combate ao que nos trará resultado efetivo. Se eles precisam do dinheiro e nós temos as ideias, vamos unir nossas forças por um bem maior: salvar os oceanos conscientizando e também salvando famílias de milênios de anos de tradições equivocadas e que mesmo adotando práticas erradas na tentativa de alcançar mais lucros ainda assim vivem em situação de miséria ou pobreza. Se mudarmos a forma de pensar a economia desde as pequenas vilas de pescadores, mudaremos o conceito de uso dos oceanos e com maior número de cidadãos conscientes ao nosso lado poderemos abalar o mundo e reescrever nossas leis e fazer a fiscalização acontecer de fato, não para os que se vendem para a injustiça mas as nações poderão pressionar o Japão e quem for necessário para que as futuras gerações conheçam a natureza fora da tela de um computador ou de livros antigos com histórias contadas por um povo que não reagiu à extinção do planeta. É nossa responsabilidade mudar a linha de raciocínio deles e não somente combatê-los e, mudar o jeito de pensar deles é muito mais difícil e árduo para nós que para eles, porém os resultados valerão mais que os confrontos. Necessitamos e podemos fazer a diferença e vamos fazê-la porque somos abençoados e munidos de uma arma que nem todos sabem utilizar: nossa capacidade de criar saídas onde não há e nossa coragem que mesmo em momentos de terror nos alerta para não desistirmos de lutar pela única coisa que vale à pena: dignidade e amor pela vida!!! Sem oceanos nós não somos nada... Obrigada por existirem e me estimularem a manter a cabeça erguida mesmo em momentos de tristeza em que parece que a esperança nos abandonou. Vocês são meus amados companheiros de causa e fé e luta constante. Podemos não estar precisamente do jeito que queremos mas haveremos de conquistar além de tudo que sonhamos se nunca esmorecermos. A Sea Shepherd é o coração dos oceanos que bate através de cada um de nós... A Sea Shepherd não pode esperar que governos nos apoiem. Precisamos sair da nossa zona de conforto. Deveriamos estar palestrando dentro das escolas das crianças, nas tribos indígenas, nos quilombos, nas universidades... Lá estão nossas gerações de guerreiros que atuarão juntamente conosco em todos os lugares deste mundo sem fronteiras. Chegou a vez dos voluntários também baterem nas portas das creches, das escolinhas de surf, nas alas infanto-juvenis de hospitais, das ongs que "se dizem" protetoras da natureza... Vamos sacudir a sociedade atual e cobrar de quem se diz protetor da natureza que se faça a parte que lhes cabe. Hoje, não podemos só cobrar a fiscalização das entidades responsáveis, nós somos os fiscais!!! Cada um armado com sua câmera no celular ou profissional, com seu blog, com seu perfil de protesto, com seus encontros nas ruas, nos meios de transporte...enfim... só depende de nós!!! Eu amo todos vocês, família Sea Shepherd!!!

Olaf Janssen12:24 PM+1
translation from +Sara Priscila :

That I feel honored by the Creator for allowing me to know the work that most wonderful of Sea Shepherd. More than pirates, each volunteer Sea Shepherd is an angel of war who struggle for life, respect, justice and feel that I have been awarded your friendship. Sea Shepherd'm the soul, the spirit, the DNA ... It's up to us who our "enemies" today can become our allies tomorrow!! We have reasoned environmental awareness and revolutionary ideas is that we should present them to them rather than expecting them to be moved by our struggle. What did actually moves them is the money to support their families, we need to adapt our fight we will bring effective results. If they need the money and we have ideas, let us unite our forces for the greater good: save the oceans and also saving families aware of millennia of years of traditions and misleading that even adopting wrong practices in an attempt to achieve more profits still live in extreme poverty or poverty. If we change the way we think the economy from small fishing villages, we will change the concept of use of the oceans and large number of concerned citizens on our side we can shake the world and rewrite our laws and exercise oversight actually happen, not for those who sell to the injustice but nations could push Japan and who needed so that future generations know the nature off the screen of a computer or old books with stories told by people who did not react to the extinction of the planet. It is our responsibility to change the line of thinking of them and not just fight them and change the way of thinking of them is much more difficult and arduous for us than for them, but the results will be worth more than the clashes. We need and we can make a difference and we do it because we are blessed and having a weapon that not everyone knows to use: our ability to create solutions where there and our courage that even in times of terror alerts us to not give up the fight for only thing worth it: dignity and love for life!! No oceans we are nothing ... Thanks for stimulating me there and keep your head up even in moments of sadness when it seems that hope has abandoned us. You are my beloved companions of cause and faith and constant struggle. We may not be exactly the way we want but we will conquer beyond anything ever dreamed up esmorecermos. Sea Shepherd is the heart of the oceans hitting through each one of us ... The Sea Shepherd can not expect governments to support us. We need to get out of our comfort zone. We should be lecturing in schools of children in indigenous tribes, the runaway slave, universities ... There are generations of our warriors who will work together with us everywhere this borderless world. Came the turn of the volunteers also knocking on the doors of kindergartens, schools for the surf, in the wards of hospitals for children and teenagers, the NGOs who "say" protective nature ... Let's shake up the company's current and charge who is said protector of nature that make their fair share. Today, we can not only charge the supervision of the responsible entities, we are the tax!! Each armed with his camera on mobile or professional blog, with your profile protest, with their encounters on the streets, in transport ... finally ... only depends on us! I love you all, family Sea Shepherd!!

Olaf Janssen12:25 PM+1
obrigado por essas palavras fortes e maravilhoso +Sara Priscila :)

Adelheid Adelliam12:33 PM+1

Oh. +Sara Priscila Eu nunca li nada na minha vida que me fez chorar como suas palavras fizeram. Estou honrado de estar a sua família em Sea Shepherd. xxx

Adelheid Adelliam1:51 PM

Posso postar esse incrível escrita de vocês neste blog, http://thetaijilist.blogspot.com para que as pessoas possam lê-lo e venha se juntar a nossa família em Sea Shepherd? Sua escrita me trouxe lágrimas de esperança, orgulho, gratidão e alegria Sara. Obrigado, Heidi +Sara Priscila 

Sara Priscila2:36 PM

Claro!!! Devemos disseminar nossa filosofia e incentivar as novas e velhas gerações a começarem a fazer o que é certo desde já... Abração!!!

Sure! We spread our philosophy and encourage new and old generations to start doing the right thing already ... Abrasive!!

Please tell Australia not to send Captain Paul Watson to Japan

March 8, 2013

Hello Sea Shepherd Folks!

Here are email samples to send to Australian Government officials to support Sea Shepherd's Captain Paul Watson, urging them not to surrender Captain Paul Watson to the Japanese officials who have been planning to meet Sea Shepherd upon their arrival in Australia.
Please note that the email text extends beyond the signature & date line to include news & links to document the details pertaining to our request.

Please use these samples and if you decide to edit, polite speech will best reflect the fact that 
Sea Shepherd operates on policy of not advocating racism, causing personal injury or falsifying facts. 

In addition to saving our Whales, Dolphins, Sharks and Seals, that's why we love them.

Thank you @AlysonHypnotik1 for Australian government contact info and news sharing @blubdha for editing ~format~research @foreveroceans for news sharing~editing @OrcaSOS @SaveMisty for news sharing


Email to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard:


Email form to Julia Gillard
http://www.pm.gov.au/contact-your-pm

Fax (03) 9741 6213
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=83L

Greetings Prime Minister Gillard,

I am writing you today, to urge you to use the power of your position as Australia's Prime Minister to intervene on behalf of Sea Shepherd Australia and quash any action by The Australian Federal Police at the behest of the Japanese government to apprehend Captain Paul Watson.

Captain Paul Watson has protected the internationally established Southern Ocean Sanctuary from the ICR, who are in contempt of an Australian Federal Court ruling.

I feel that Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd have provided protection for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, where whaling is illegal.

During the recent much publicized events between the Sun Laurel, Nisshun Maru, and SS vessels, it has been documented that the fueler ship Sun Laurel was leaking fuel into the Ocean.

I have to wonder who would assume responsibility for the very costly clean up of a spill in the Australian Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary where the act of refueling is illegal.

While I understand that there are differences of opinion and points of view held by the Japanese Government, the Australian Government, and Sea Shepherd, the bottom line is that Sea Shepherd has in fact upheld current laws pertaining to illegal whaling and illegal refueling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, which resides in Australian territory, hence falling under Australian judicial jurisdiction.

Please find documentation and news with links below, regarding the recent events occurring in Australia's Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary involving the ICR Japan and Sea Shepherd Australia.

I thank you in advance for exhibiting leadership pertaining to this situation.
I will applaud you for leaving a legacy of stewardship for the environment of Australia, and setting the standard for other world leaders to follow.

Sincerely,

*Please add date of your email, thank you!

Japan whale poachers spill oil during illegal refueling operation …..

http://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2013/02/japan-whale-poachers-spill-oil-during-illegal-refueling-operation-the-time-has-come-for-the-australian-government-to-intervene-and-put-a-stop-to-this-insanity-2461908.html

"On the 17th of February at approximately 4:00 pm AEDT the Sam Simon recorded an audio transmission between the Captain and Bosun of the Sun Laurel - the Japanese whaling fleet's refuelling vessel. In this recording, the Captain of the Sun Laurel refers to the oil spill that the Sam Simon had documented and collected samples of hours earlier. The Sun Laurel Captain informed his Bosun to take care covering refuelling hoses, and that if oil dropped into the water there would be a “big problem”, as the Sam Simon had caught the Sun Laurel leaking fuel into the wake behind them earlier that morning.

Sea Shepherd Australia believes this transmission is further proof of an oil spill by the Sun Laurel in Antarctica's pristine waters, and has reported the incident to Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).

The Sun Laurel is in direct violation of international law. Marpol Regulation 15 Subpart B, Discharge in Special Areas Point 4 states: “In respect of the Antarctic area, any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from any ship shall be prohibited.”  In addition, The Sun Laurel has failed to issue a statement on their spill to AMSA, which puts them in breach of MARPOL'S Pollution Incident Reporting Regulations. Marpol 73/78 is the International Maritime Organisation's Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, to which all sea-going vessels are bound."

February 17, 2013
Japanese Whaling Fleet Oil Tanker Spill Confirmed

http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-media/2013/02/17/japanese-whaling-fleet-oil-tanker-spill-confirmed-1500

Audio recording of oil spill confirmation:
Sea Shepherd-Intercepted Radio Transmission Confirms Japanese Whaling Fleet Oil Tanker Spill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be
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Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary

International Protection of Whales ~ International Whaling Commission
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega

Australian Whale Sanctuary
Within Australia, all Commonwealth waters are part of the Australian Whale Sanctuary. Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, it is illegal to kill, injure or interfere with cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) in Australian waters.

Whale Conservation ~ Australian Whale Sanctuary
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/conservation/sanctuary.html

SOUTHERN OCEAN WHALE SANCTUARY
http://www.asoc.org/issues-and-advocacy/antarctic-wildlife-conservation/southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary

Australian legal action toward Japan:
The Hague Justice Portal

Australia takes Whaling case against Japan to the International Court of Justice 09 May 2011
The Australian government files a written submission at the ICJ, calling for an end to Japan's Antarctic whaling program on the grounds that it breaches the international ban on commercial whaling.

http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=12589#.UTParz-RWco.twitter


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Email to the Honorable Tony Burke MP :

Paste email in web contact form here:
http://www.tonyburke.com.au/get-in-touch/

Or email directly here:
tony.burke.mp@environment.gov.au.

Greetings Honorable Tony Burke MP,

I am writing you today, to urge you to use the power of your position as Australia's Member for Watson Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities to intervene on behalf of Sea Shepherd Australia and quash any action by The Australian Federal Police at the behest of the Japanese government to apprehend Captain Paul Watson.

Captain Paul Watson has protected internationally established whale sanctuary from the ICR, who are in contempt of an Australian Federal Court ruling.

I feel that Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd have provided protection for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, where whaling is illegal.

During the recent much publicized events between the Sun Laurel, Nisshun Maru, and SS vessels, it has been documented that the fueler ship Sun Laurel was leaking fuel into the Ocean.

I have to wonder who would assume responsibility for the very costly clean up of such a spill in the Australian Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary where the act of refueling is illegal.

Please find documentation and news below with links regarding the recent events occurring in Australia's Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary involving the ICR Japan and Sea Shepherd Australia.

You have been quoted on record that you find the act of whaling to be disgusting.

Tony Burke, Australia's environment minister, has called the Japanese whale hunt a "disgusting operation." Japan's fisheries minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, complains that Australian criticism represents "a cultural attack, a kind of prejudice against Japanese culture". Source:

28 February 2013 Last updated at 19:44 ET
Politics at play in Sea Shepherd-Japan whaling wars
By Nick Bryant
Sydney correspondent
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21612740

While I understand that there are differences of opinion held by the Japanese Government, the Australian Government, and Sea Shepherd, the bottom line is that Sea Shepherd has in fact upheld current laws pertaining to illegal whaling and illegal refueling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, which resides in Australian territory, hence falling under Australian judicial jurisdiction.

I thank you in advance for exhibiting leadership pertaining to this situation.
I will applaud you for leaving a legacy of stewardship for the environment of Australia, and setting the standard for other world leaders to follow.

Sincerely,

*Please add date of your email, thank you!

Japan whale poachers spill oil during illegal refueling operation …..
http://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2013/02/japan-whale-poachers-spill-oil-during-illegal-refueling-operation-the-time-has-come-for-the-australian-government-to-intervene-and-put-a-stop-to-this-insanity-2461908.html

"On the 17th of February at approximately 4:00 pm AEDT the Sam Simon recorded an audio transmission between the Captain and Bosun of the Sun Laurel - the Japanese whaling fleet's refuelling vessel. In this recording, the Captain of the Sun Laurel refers to the oil spill that the Sam Simon had documented and collected samples of hours earlier. The Sun Laurel Captain informed his Bosun to take care covering refuelling hoses, and that if oil dropped into the water there would be a “big problem”, as the Sam Simon had caught the Sun Laurel leaking fuel into the wake behind them earlier that morning.

Sea Shepherd Australia believes this transmission is further proof of an oil spill by the Sun Laurel in Antarctica's pristine waters, and has reported the incident to Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).

The Sun Laurel is in direct violation of international law. Marpol Regulation 15 Subpart B, Discharge in Special Areas Point 4 states: “In respect of the Antarctic area, any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from any ship shall be prohibited.”  In addition, The Sun Laurel has failed to issue a statement on their spill to AMSA, which puts them in breach of MARPOL'S Pollution Incident Reporting Regulations. Marpol 73/78 is the International Maritime Organisation's Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, to which all sea-going vessels are bound."

February 17, 2013
Japanese Whaling Fleet Oil Tanker Spill Confirmed

http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-media/2013/02/17/japanese-whaling-fleet-oil-tanker-spill-confirmed-1500

Audio recording of oil spill confirmation:
Sea Shepherd-Intercepted Radio Transmission Confirms Japanese Whaling Fleet Oil Tanker Spill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be
…………………………………………………………………………
Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary

International Protection of Whales ~ International Whaling Commission
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega

Australian Whale Sanctuary
Within Australia, all Commonwealth waters are part of the Australian Whale Sanctuary. Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, it is illegal to kill, injure or interfere with cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) in Australian waters.

Whale Conservation ~ Australian Whale Sanctuary
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/conservation/sanctuary.html

SOUTHERN OCEAN WHALE SANCTUARY
http://www.asoc.org/issues-and-advocacy/antarctic-wildlife-conservation/southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary

Australian legal action toward Japan:
The Hague Justice Portal

Australia takes Whaling case against Japan to the International Court of Justice 09 May 2011
The Australian government files a written submission at the ICJ, calling for an end to Japan's Antarctic whaling program on the grounds that it breaches the international ban on commercial whaling.

http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=12589#.UTParz-RWco.twitter



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Here you'll find the background story leading to our request to support Captain Paul Watson.
March 8, 2013

Germany Drops Sea Shepherd warrant
"Watson, though, says he will remain at sea and continue his seven-month exile unless the Australian government backs its anti-whaling stance by guaranteeing he won't be sent to Japan."

Published: 7:23PM Friday March 08, 2013 Source: AAP

http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/germany-drops-sea-shepherd-warrant-5363854

Thank you to:
Save Misty the Dolphin @SaveMisty

March 7, 2013

https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin/posts/518421814862627

Thank you to:
Save Misty the Dolphin 

Update from Paul Watson:

Adverse weather has put an end to the whaling season. The whalers returned South more for show than practicality. Monitoring the weather and it is joyfully stormy. The Sea Shepherd ships have just enough fuel to reach Melbourne and should arrive in 12 days. This has been the most successful campaign undertaken and Sea Shepherd Australia has done an incredible job of coordinating it. A very courageous job by the three crews of the Steve Irwin, Bob Barker and Sam Simon. The Australian Federal Police are expected to raid the ships but they do that every year because Japan asks them to. Not sure why Australia never asks the police to raid the Japanese vessels. Sea Shepherd always cooperates with the authorities. Japan never does. They can destroy a boat and get away with it without having to answer questions while Sea Shepherd is expected to justify saving endangered whales in an internationally established whale sanctuary from whalers who are in contempt of an Australian Federal Court ruling.

Police Await Ships
by Michelle Pain

AUSTRALIAN Federal Police are expected to raid the Sea Shepherd ships on their return to Australian waters after clashes in the Southern Ocean.

http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2013/03/03/373666_todays-news.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter



In response to The Australian Federal Police who are expected to raid the Sea Shepherd ships on their return to Australia, please voice your support for Captain Paul Watson.
https://www.facebook.com/alyson.walshfernandez/posts/464559230264199

Folks! Contact the people holding office in Australia and tell them that you expect them to show leadership and respect for Sea Shepherd for protecting the Australian Ocean from an oil spill disaster and decimation of the whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary by the hands of the ICR!

Thank you to@AlysonHypnotik1
http://australia.gov.au/directories/contact-parliament


Julia Gillard @JuliaGillard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia


Tony Burke   @Tony_Burke  http://twitter.com/Tony_Burke
Member for Watson in the Australian Parliament Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Tweet to Australian Government Officials and ask them to please step up to the plate, and take action to help those who are really defending their Southern Oceans : Sea Shepherd.

.@JuliaGillard Please see what #SeaShepherd's presence in your #SO #Whale #Sanctuary means 4 your #Ocean! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be …

.@JuliaGillard Southern Ocean Research Partnership ~ Remember This? http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …
 @SeaShepherd_Aus Does!  #StopWhaling #Sanctuary

.@JuliaGillard Please remember this and respect #SeaShepherd! They have abided by your #Ocean Sanctuary rights. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega

.@JuliaGillard Please be an example to other World leaders and respect #SeaShepherd for defending your #Ocean Sanctuary +#Cetacean rights

.@JuliaGillard It is illegal 2 kill, injure or interfere w/ cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) in AU waters. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …

.@JuliaGillard Please support #SeaShepherd They defended your Oceans from risk of #Oilspill by #Whale Poachers! #Australia lead please!


.@Tony_Burke Please see what #SeaShepherd's presence in your #SO #Whale #Sanctuary means 4 your #Ocean!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be …

.@Tony_Burke Southern Ocean Research Partnership ~ Remember This? http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …
 @SeaShepherd_Aus Does! #StopWhaling #Sanctuary

.@Tony_Burke It is illegal 2 kill, injure or interfere w/ cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) in AU waters. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …

.@Tony_Burke  Please remember this and respect #SeaShepherd! They have abided by your #Ocean Sanctuary rights. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega

@Tony_Burke Please support #SeaShepherd. They have been saving your Southern Oceans from illegal #Whale Poachers and high risk of #OILSPILLS

@Tony_Burke Please show #SeaShepherd the respect they have earned by defending your #Ocean #Sanctuary from #OILSPILL risk +illegal #Whaling

Also, some very relevant PETITIONS to sign:

*** United Nations: Propose the OCEAN PROTECTION RESOLUTION ACT for a General Assembly vote
by Rogerio Mariani
Séte, France

http://www.change.org/fr/pétitions/united-nations-propose-the-ocean-protection-resolution-act-for-a-general-assembly-vote?utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=25749937

*Petitioning Interpol
Interpol: SUPPRESS THE RED NOTICE ISSUED FOR PAUL WATSON
Petition by Rogerio Mariani : Séte, France
http://www.change.org/petitions/interpol-suppress-the-red-notice-issued-for-paul-watson?utm_campaign=action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition


* Petition the President of the USA, the Congress and the Senate: To Stop Treating Sea Shepherd as Terrorists
by Bruce Berry
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-senate-and-congress-to-stop-treating-sea-shepherd-as-terrorists

* Impose Ecomonic Sanctions against Japanese Government: Enforce Pelly Amendment Certifications
by Stephen Hambrik
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/889/195/257/impose-economic-sanctions-against-japanenforce-pelly-amendment-certifications/

Whale Sanctuary & Australian Whale Sanctuary & International Protection of Whales

Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
http://www.asoc.org/issues-and-advocacy/antarctic-wildlife-conservation/southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary

Protecting the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary: Development of a Management Plan
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition ~ ASOC
PDF format below:
http://www.asoc.org/storage/documents/Meetings/CCAMLR/XXVII/ASOC_IP_Whale_Sanctuary_Management_Plan092208.pdf

Australian Whale Sanctuaries
Whale Conservation
Australian Government ~ Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and
Communities
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/conservation/sanctuary.html

Whale Sanctuaries
International Protection of Whales
International Whaling Commission
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#sanctuaries

International Protection of Whales
International Whaling Commission  IWC
Legal Action ~ May ~ 31 ~ 2010
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#legal

Australia takes Whaling Case against Japan to the International Court of Justice
The Hague Justice Portal  ~ May ~ 9 ~ 2011
http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=12589#.UTParz-RWco.twitter

Captain Paul Watson Rocks & Sea Shepherd News

"Sea Shepherd Stood Fast for our Clients"
by Captain Paul Watson
March 4, 2013
https://www.facebook.com/captpaulwatson?group_id=0

Police Await Sea Shepherd ships as Watson slams critics
by Elizabeth Batt
Digital Journal 
March 3, 2013
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/344734#

BBC News ~ Politics at play in Sea Shepherd ~ Japan Whaling Wars
by Nick Bryant
Sydney Correspondant
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21612740

Sea Shepherd anti-whaling ships force Japanese whalers to withdraw from Antarctic waters
By: Russell Piffer News reporter 
Published on Sat Mar 02 2013
http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/03/02/antiwhaling_ships_chase_off_japanese_ship_in_antarctica_farley_mowat.html

Op-Ed: Sea Shepherd '80 percent sure' whaling season 'may be over'
by Elizabeth Batt
Digital Journal
March 1, 2013
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/344601

Let's Support Sea Shepherd with Action March 2~2013

These folks are supposed to be watching out for the welfare of our Whales.
Please contact them and tell them that allowing the Japanese Whaling Industry or
The Institute of Cetacean Research, if you prefer, to continue to slaughter whales in
the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is really not acceptable. 
At all. 
It's illegal, as a matter of fact.

International Whaling Commission
http://iwc.int/home

The main contacts for the IWC Secretariat
Postal Address:

The International Whaling Commission
The Red House,
135 Station Road,
Impington,
Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire CB24 9NP, UK.
Tel:  +44 (0) 1223 233 971
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 232 876

Email:
for general enquiries: secretariat@iwc.int
for editorial correspondence: iwcjournal@iwc.int
for comments on this website: webmaster@iwc.int
http://iwc.int/contacts


BBC News ~ Politics at play in Sea Shepherd Japan Whaling Wars
by Nick Bryant
Sydney Correspondant
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21612740

Sea Shepherd ships set to be raided by Australian Federal Police

by: Michelle Paine
From: The Mercury
March 03, 2013 10:51AM

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/sea-shepherd-fleet-set-to-be-raided-by-australian-federal-police/story-fncynkc6-1226589262705

In response to The Australian Federal Police who are expected to raid the Sea Shepherd ships on their return to Australia, please voice your support for Captain Paul Watson.
https://www.facebook.com/alyson.walshfernandez/posts/464559230264199


Folks! Contact the people holding office in Australia and tell them that you expect them to show leadership and respect for Sea Shepherd for protecting the Australian Ocean from an oil spill disaster and decimation of the whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary by the hands of the ICR!
Thank you to@AlysonHypnotik1

http://australia.gov.au/directories/contact-parliament


Police Await Ships 
by Michelle Pain

AUSTRALIAN Federal Police are expected to raid the Sea Shepherd ships on their return to Australian waters after clashes in the Southern Ocean.

http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2013/03/03/373666_todays-news.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Tweet to these folks and ask them to please step up to the plate, and take action to help
those who are really defending their Southern Oceans : Sea Shepherd.


.@JuliaGillard Southern Ocean Research Partnership ~ Remember This? http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …
 @SeaShepherd_Aus Does!  #StopWhaling #Sanctuary

.@JuliaGillard Please remember this and respect #SeaShepherd! They have abided by your #Ocean Sanctuary rights. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega

.@JuliaGillard Please be an example to other World leaders and respect #SeaShepherd for defending your #Ocean Sanctuary +#Cetacean rights

.@JuliaGillard It is illegal 2 kill, injure or interfere w/ cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) in AU waters. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …

.@JuliaGillard Please support #SeaShepherd They defended your Oceans from risk of #Oilspill by #Whale Poachers! #Australia lead please!

Julia Gillard @JuliaGillard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia

.@Tony_Burke Southern Ocean Research Partnership ~ Remember This? http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …
 @SeaShepherd_Aus Does! #StopWhaling #Sanctuary

.@Tony_Burke It is illegal 2 kill, injure or interfere w/ cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) in AU waters. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …

.@Tony_Burke  Please remember this and respect #SeaShepherd! They have abided by your #Ocean Sanctuary rights. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega

@Tony_Burke Please support #SeaShepherd. They have been saving your Southern Oceans from illegal #Whale Poachers and high risk of #OILSPILLS

@Tony_Burke Please show #SeaShepherd the respect they have earned by defending your #Ocean #Sanctuary from #OILSPILL risk +illegal #Whaling

Tony Burke   @Tony_Burke  http://twitter.com/Tony_Burke
Member for Watson in the Australian Parliament Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

*Petitioning Interpol 
Interpol: SUPPRESS THE RED NOTICE ISSUED FOR PAUL WATSON

Petition by Rogerio Mariani : Séte, France
http://www.change.org/petitions/interpol-suppress-the-red-notice-issued-for-paul-watson?utm_campaign=action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition


* Petition the President of the USA, the Congress and the Senate: To Stop Treating Sea Shepherd as Terrorists
by Bruce Berry
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-senate-and-congress-to-stop-treating-sea-shepherd-as-terrorists

* Impose Ecomonic Sanctions against Japanese Government: Enforce Pelly Amendment Certifications
by Stephen Hambrik
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/889/195/257/impose-economic-sanctions-against-japanenforce-pelly-amendment-certifications/

Thank you Sea Shepherd Australia!

March 1, 2013
Sea Shepherd Australia Escorts the Japanese Whaling Fleet Out of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary
POSITION AT MARCH 1ST AT 1858 HOURS AEDT  59°59’ SOUTH AND 60° 32’ EAST

Commentary By Paul Watson - Observer

http://tinyurl.com/czdrmp6

SeaShepherd and The Institute of Cetacean Research

Hello Cetacean Activist Folks!

This is redundant information for many of you, my apologies.
However, there is a fair amount of news coverage lately concerning these folks:

SSCS ~ Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
http://www.seashepherd.org

Sea Shepherd Conservation Australia
http://www.seashepherd.org.au

Captain Paul Watson
https://www.facebook.com/captpaulwatson

The Institute of Cetacean Research  ( ICR )
http://www.icrwhale.org/eng-index.html

The ICR conducts the practice of whale slaughter, however it is referred to as Scientific Research. Japan's Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Minister http://www.does not deny that the whale meat is consumed, http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/japan-will-never-stop-whaling-minister-20130226-2f4jt.html so the ICR could indeed also be referred to as the Japanese Whaling Industry (sort of? maybe?) But the Whaling Industry is Illegal, so the legal pseudonym they prefer to be known by is ICR

How "The Institute of Cetacean Research" views those opposing the Whale slaughters
http://www.icrwhale.org/gpandsea.html

The United States Courts of the 9th Circuit
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/content/view.php?pk_id=0000000655

The United States Courts of the 9th Circuit Opinion:
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2013/02/25/1235266.pdf

I promise to update as often as humanly possible, but the links above will take you to the
sources. Stay tuned, there will be more. We can count on that.