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25.01.2022 Available in our e-store now, great alternative to single use masks!
25.01.2022 Sea Shepherd Canberra are excited to be back! Working with our local friends at the Food Coop shop and Cafe at 3 Kingsley St, we are holding a screening tonight of the amazing story of Captain Paul Watson. @cbrfoodcoop October 13th ... Tickets available atvthe door $5.00. See you tonight See more
23.01.2022 We've partnered with WRAPPA to create Sea Shepherd reusable food wraps! Say no to single use plastics and join the food wrap revolution with these beautiful org...anic vegan cloth wraps! Available from our e-store now: 3 pack http://ow.ly/Kbpd50AQVUQ Jumbo single http://ow.ly/lKr250AQVVI Thanks WRAPPA Reusable Food Wraps!
23.01.2022 Western Australia is the latest state to announce their plan to address single-use plastics! The WA State Government’s ‘Plan for Plastics’ includes the phase-out of single-use plastic items such as cutlery, plates, stirrers, straws, thick plastic bags, polystyrene food containers and helium balloon releases over the next three years. After these initial actions, plastic barrier/produce bags, cotton buds with plastic shafts, polystyrene packaging, microbeads, and oxo-degradabl...e plastics (plastics designed to break up into fragments at a faster rate) will be phased out. The plan also includes actions on prepacked fruit and vegetables, takeaway food containers and plastic packaging - swift action on plastic packaging needs to be a priority for all governments! "The time to act is now; plastic pollution is one of the greatest threats to wildlife around the world and, in 2018-19, only 11 per cent of Australia's plastic waste was recycled with 89 per cent sent to landfill, said WA Environment Minister Stephen Dawson. Sea Shepherd would like to acknowledge the hundreds of supporters who put forward submissions and took the on-line survey during the community consultation on the single-use plastics issues paper in 2019, which has shaped the content of the Plastics Plan. 98% of respondents were strongly in favour of actions to reduce the impacts of single-use plastics, including 98.63% of people (like us!) concerned that plastic litter is harming our wildlife with 98.61% stating that plastics end up polluting our waterways and oceans. Since 2015, Sea Shepherd beach clean-ups in WA have shown the west coast has a problem with plastic - we've removed over ONE MILLION pieces of trash in WA alone, with 75-80% being plastic. The initiatives in the WA Plastics Plan is one part of the journey all West Aussies need to do to help address the increasing use of plastic, waste and pollution on the beaches. Every state in Australia should have legislation to ban problem plastics
22.01.2022 Shark Nets Return in NSW While there have been no whale entanglements in NSW shark nets and drumlines so far this year, the state-sponsored killing of other marine animals is now inevitable. From September 1, shark nets were due to be re-deployed off 51 beaches in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, having been removed for the past four months because of the whale migration season. Since the first nets were installed in NSW in the 1930’s, tens of thousands of animals have died..., often after prolonged suffering. During the eight months of the last net season, 284 animals were killed in entanglement, including: . 14 critically endangered grey nurse sharks, . 8 green turtles and, . 7 dolphins. Of the 480 creatures caught in the nets, a staggering 430 of them were non-target species. Despite NSW enacting the world’s first shark protection law in 1984 to stop the killing of grey nurse sharks, the last netting season saw 31 of these critically endangered animals entangled and struggling in the nets with 14 of them dying a painful death. 17 were released, fate unknown. Sea Shepherd believes this toll of marine wildlife is totally unacceptable and calls on the government to remove the nets permanently. They do not protect surfers and swimmers from shark interactions and, if anything, only offer a false sense of security. There are more modern and more effective methods of shark mitigation, and the government, recognising this, is to be commended for its upcoming program of drone surveillance at NSW beaches. With new technologies such as the drones being used by the NSW Government, shark nets have become redundant. They belong to a by-gone era and it’s time they were disposed of. Apex Harmony Campaign - Sea Shepherd Global Image: Tom Hughes/Sea Shepherd Seven Mile Beach, Lennox, 14 Dec 2017
21.01.2022 Only one day to go! Join Sea Shepherd and Fed Square tomorrow evening for a FREE online screening of the documentary ‘Watson’ focusing on the life and mission ...of Sea Shepherd's Founder Captain Paul Watson. The film will be followed by a LIVE Q&A with Captain Paul Watson himself. All details https://bit.ly/33jlXAO *This online event is only available within Australia #SustainableSeptember
21.01.2022 Here's a powerful message from Sea Shepherd Advisor and Mirning Elder Bunna Lawrie about the importance of protecting the Bight this #ThreatenedSpeciesDay: "Our... people have kept the balance and the harmony in the Great Australian Bight for over 65,000 years and more. This is why there is still so much diversity and amazing life in our sea country - a refuge and home for many of the World’s threatened species. Once there was whaling and our Mirning people fought against it to protect our totem family. Now the Southern right whales, the humpbacks and even the blue whales have returned in growing numbers. Sadly, it is a different story for the Northern right whales in their country. It is important for us to continue this traditional knowledge and wisdom. We wish to teach other people how to protect our Great Australian Bight and all that lives in it. Together we can continue to keep this beautiful balance in our pristine ocean. We are currently fighting to have our transitional custodianship acknowledged, so that this is not also threatened. Please be a Caretaker for the Bight and join us: https://bit.ly/32TlRjf" #FightForTheBight
20.01.2022 A new study by Dr Andrew Colefax shows SMART drumlines do not prevent sharks moving near to surf breaks. It also found that acoustic receivers often detect sharks that do not move closer to shore. We need modern shark bite mitigation solutions that protect swimmers, surfers, divers and marine life too. Read more http://ow.ly/U05D50Bw7aq... #OpApexHarmony #NetsOutNow
20.01.2022 With your support, we have just expanded our international marine conservation efforts, launching a critical new collaboration with Conflict Islands Conservatio...n Initiative (CICI) and Animal Assist to protect endangered turtles from poaching in the Conflict Islands in Papua New Guinea. This atoll is known as one of Sylvia Earle’s Hope Spots and is an important nesting site for hawksbill and green sea turtles. Without the support in these difficult times from organisations such as Sea Shepherd and Animal Assist, we would not be able to continue our critical work to protect wildlife and conserve our wild places - CICI’s Operations Manager Hayley Versace. Read more: https://bit.ly/38V0YIJ
17.01.2022 We are proud to be partnering with Fed Square this #SustainableSeptember for a free online screening of the documentary ‘Watson’ - the 2019 documentary focusin...g on the life and mission of Sea Shepherd's Founder Captain Paul Watson - on Monday 14th September. The film will be followed by a LIVE Q&A with Captain Paul Watson himself. Register today >> https://bit.ly/3gX7ak9 *This online event is only available within Australia
14.01.2022 Turtles are in trouble and our recent clean up at Moreton Island has again shown the deadly impact plastic pollution and discarded fishing gear is having in the... area. Over the last two years when Sea Shepherd MD teams visited the island to conduct a clean up, they documented 13 dead turtles and one that they were able to rescue which was taken for rehabilitation. Sadly, this year the crew were shocked to see a turtle stuck in a crab pot washed up on the shore line. Read more here https://www.seashepherd.org.au/latest-news/mulgumpin-turtle/ Precious places need protecting and Sea Shepherd will continue to work to keep the beaches clean wherever they can, and you can join us, check out our event tab for all the latest clean up events. If you would like to learn more about the turtles of Moreton and the great work that has been done here by Kathy Townsend listen to this podcast by Ocean Protect - https://play.acast.com//drkathytownsendonsavingseaturtlesf #Turtlesintrouble #StemtheTide Kathy Townsend Ocean Protect Sea Shepherd Brisbane #MoretonIsland #Turtles #CleanUps #PlasticPollutiion
14.01.2022 Episode 5 of Sir David Attenborough's new series 'A Perfect Planet', dubbed "the most important story of our times", features Sea Shepherd's efforts to combat poaching off the coast of West Africa! 'A Perfect Planet' be airing in Australia later this year. Read more about this inspiring series http://ow.ly/vHqi50DnfHe
12.01.2022 Sea Shepherd is defending marine wildlife every day.
10.01.2022 Illegal trawlers arrested with boxes full of rays and shark fins Last week in Gabon, our crew were shocked to find a huge haul of stingrays and fins aboard tw...o trawlers, including the endangered and protected Daisy Stingray. This has to stop! Find out more, and help us protect African Marine Wildlife https://bit.ly/316K8m9 Share this video
09.01.2022 Take action for the oceans by joining your local Sea Shepherd chapter today >> http://ow.ly/wlqT50BVREJ Why volunteer? Do something you’re passionate about... Learn new skills Meet like-minded people Help protect our beautiful blue planet Whether you join a campaign on the high seas, volunteer in your hometown, help keep our shores clean and safe, or contribute the funds and equipment that keep our ships running, there are many ways you can be a part of the Sea Shepherd movement to defend, conserve and protect our oceans.
08.01.2022 Have you got what it takes to be a Sea Shepherd Chapter Coordinator? Want to be part of a community that's actively saving marine life and protecting the ocean?... We're recruiting for chapter leaders in Canberra, Townsville and Toowoomba! Join the movement today http://ow.ly/o6hw50DaUgQ #Canberra #Townsville #Toowoomba #SeaShepherd #FortheOcean #Australia
06.01.2022 Shrimp fisheries are some of the most destructive in the world, catching about six times as much bycatch as shrimp. Learn more and find out about our fight to s...top Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated fishing at SeaShepherdGlobal.org --- #SeaTheFacts as celebrities, conservationists and the facts themselves speak out against ocean atrocities.
06.01.2022 Tune in for a Senate Inquiry into the impact of seismic testing on fisheries and the marine environment this morning at 9 am AEST http://ow.ly/Wlwm50BxhR0 Sea Shepherd Australia's Managing Director Jeff Hansen will be giving evidence.
06.01.2022 Sea Shepherd UK launches ‘Operation Bloody Fjords 2020’ opposing the dolphin drive hunts of the Faroe Islands. https://www.seashepherd.org.uk//ssuk-launches-op-bloody-fj
