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Since 2000, Sea Shepherd has maintained a strong, positive presence in the Galapagos Islands. From patroling the Marine Reserve stopping illegal fishing activities, to busting shark finners, to educating the local youth, Sea Shepherd carries out its mission of promoting ocean conservation using a wide range of methods and actions.The Galapagos is our line in the sand. If humanity cannot protect such a unique and diverse ecosystem, we will not be able to protect any ecosystem. The Galapagos is a challenge and battlefield for the effort to halt human greed and destruction. These Enchanted Isles are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and this means all of us have a responsibility to help protect them from illegal exploitation.

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Oscar winner “The Cove” might release in Japan

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 07:20

With the documentary “The Cove” taking home the prestigious Academy Award for best feature documentary this year, it was a landmark that the makers of the controversial film indeed needed. Not only will the achievement enable the movie to reach a larger audience but it is likely to provide the makers with the opportunity to release the movie in Japan, as it focuses on the ghastly act of dolphin hunting in a Japa…

HSI, Senator Harb call for cancellation of 2010 commercial seal slaughter

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 07:14

Senator Mac Harb and Humane Society International/Canada are calling for the cancellation of the 2010 commercial seal hunt at a press conference Tuesday. A record-low sea ice formation off of Canada's East Coast spells disaster for harp seals, the primary target of the commercial seal slaughter. Harp seals need the sea ice to give birth to and nurse their pups, and they need the ice to remain intact until their …

LA sushi restaurant The Hump 'serves whale meat'

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 07:04

The team who made The Cove, a film about Japanese dolphin hunting which won best documentary at this weekend's Academy Awards, employed its covert camera techniques on a visit to The Hump in Santa Monica, one of California's most highly-regarded sushi restaurants. Whale meat, or kujira, is often available in Japanese fish markets but is illegal in America, and the documentary team's investigation was conducted …

Maldives ban fishing of sharks

Tuesday, 09 March 2010 20:02

Whale Shark in the Maldives, one of many animals that inhabit the reefs that make up the whole country. Wikipedia

The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish at a United Nations endangered species conference that begins this week. “We’ve decided to go ahead with a shark fishing ban,” Ibrahim Didi, the fisheries and agriculture minister of the Maldives, said by telephone from Male, the capital. “Beginning July 1 the…

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