Whaling protest captain receives 'Crocodile Hunter' honour

SYDNEY (AFP) — The captain of a militant protest ship involved in a series of high-seas clashes with Japanese whalers received an award Thursday from the widow of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin.

Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was named "Wildlife Warrior" of the year by the conservation foundation set up by Irwin, who died from a stingray barb in 2006.

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Sea Shepherd chief honoured

Sea Shepherd chief Paul Watson been honoured for his work in protecting whales at a ceremony in Queensland.

Mr Watson was named a Wildlife Warrior by Terri Irwin, the widow of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, at Australia Zoo, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, on Thursday.

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Australia PM pledges to resolve whaling row with Japan


TOKYO (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called Japan a "core" ally, despite skipping Tokyo on his first major foreign tour, and pledged to resolve peacefully a bitter row on whaling.

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Japan falls short of whaling target
TOKYO - Violent clashes with animal rights groups and fewer whale sightings forced Japan's whaling fleet to head home from the Antarctic with only 55 percent of its 985-whale hunting target, the government said Monday.


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Japanese whaling fleet to return to port Tuesday

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's whaling fleet is set to return to port on Tuesday after killing little more than half its intended catch in the Antarctic due to harassment by activists, officials said Monday.

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Anti-whaling campaign hailed a success

Conservation groups involved in recent anti-whaling action in the Southern Ocean have hailed their efforts as a success, as the Japanese whaling season comes to an end.

The Nisshin Maru Japanese whaling ship was expected to return to Tokyo about 7.30am (AEDT) on Tuesday, after four or five months at sea.

International environmental activists Greenpeace spent 15 days chasing the Nisshin Maru across the ocean, while another group, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, also interfered with the whalers' efforts over several months.

http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/apr/15/aap-anti-wh...gn-hailed-a-success/

he Whale's Navy

In 1986, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) enacted a moratorium on all commercial whaling. Since then, three nations – Iceland, Norway, and Japan – have brutally slaughtered over 25,000 whales under the guise of scientific research and for commercial purposes. The IWC does not have the capacity to enforce the moratorium. Sea Shepherd, guided by the United Nations World Charter for Nature, is the only organization whose mission is to enforce these international conservation regulations on the high seas.

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Australia still considering legal action on whaling, says FM

TOKYO (AFP) - Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith held talks Thursday on resolving a dispute with Japan over whaling, but he said Canberra was still considering taking the row to international courts.

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Greenpeace says Japanese whalers stealing meat

Greenpeace on Thursday accused Japanese whalers of stealing meat from the country's annual research hunt in the Antarctic and selling it on the black market.
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Australian Greens Suggest that the Government Fund Sea Shepherd to Save the Whales

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Take emotion out of whaling issue: Japan
Japan says governments should reject emotion in the debate over scientific whaling.

A spokesman for the Japanese whaling industry has told the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Santiago, Chile, that scientific whaling was crucial for research, ABC Radio reported.
http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/jun/26/aap-take-em...whaling-issue-japan/

Sea Shepherd flagship in Brisbane for major refit

The Steve Irwin ship quietly slipped into Brisbane late last month without the usual fanfare that accompanies the ship's movements when it is on anti-whaling duties.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS), which owns the Steve Irwin, says the ship is undergoing a major refit ahead of their next campaign in Antarctica later this year.

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Sea Shepherd Issues Arrest Order for the Japanese Whaling Fleet

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has drawn up an arrest warrant for the Japanese whaling fleet.

“We intend to intervene against the continued illegal whaling activities of the Japanese fleet in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary,” said Captain Paul Watson. “We intend to stop the killing of endangered species of whales in the Sanctuary, whales that are being killed in violation of the global moratorium on whaling. We intend to enforce the orders of the Australian Federal Court that has banned Japanese whalers from killing whales in the waters of the Australian Antarctic Territory. Our objective is to arrest the Nisshin Maru and its fleet of hunter killer boats.”

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Sea Shepherd Announces Operation Musashi

While in Santiago, Chile for the 60th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Sea Shepherd Conservation Society officially announced plans to return to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to once again oppose illegal Japanese whaling activities. Sea Shepherd is represented at the IWC by Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President of Sea Shepherd, and the Honourable Ian Campbell, former Minister of the Environment for Australia and current member of Sea Shepherd's international Advisory Board.
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