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We do what international authorities can’t … or won’t.
Direct Action Campaigns
from Sea Shepherd Australia
Monachus Defense Campaign
Sea Shepherd Recovers Over 6,500 Illegal Octopus Traps in Greece’s Thracian Sea
Tuesday, 12 Nov, 2024
News
Sea Shepherd Global Commits to Sending Ship to Bougainville to Fight Against Illegal Fishing
Monday, 11 Nov, 2024
Marine Debris Campaign
Restoring a Sacred Creation Site in North-East Arnhem Land
Tuesday, 29 Oct, 2024
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts and figures
Sharks
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts and figures
Simple truths
Facts & Figures
Marine Debris Campaign
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Illegal fishing accounts for an estimated 11-26 million tons of the annual catch of fish globally.
Around the world, between 70 and 100 million sharks die each year through fishing, shark finning and shark mitigation programs.
If not for whaling, ship strikes, pollution and entanglement in fishing gear, some whales could live for over 200 years.
For every pound of trawled shrimp, up to six pounds of "bycatch” is also captured, including turtles and dolphins.
In 2 years, we collected 1,233,595 pieces of rubbish from our beaches in 279 beach clean-ups. 80% of these items were plastic.
12-15 million tons of plastic ends up in the ocean every year, killing one million seabirds and 100,000 marine animals.
Humpback whales communicate with complex songs that can be as loud as the sound of a jet plane (around 150 decibels).