Sea Shepherd Australia

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Operation Jodari
Operation Jodari is our latest campaign with Tanzania to tackle Illegal, Unreported & Unregulated (IUU) fishing in East Africa.
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Operation Milagro
Our ongoing campaign to defend the highly-endangered vaquita porpoise from extinction in Mexico. Milagro means miracle in Spanish.
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Operation Sola Stella
Our ongoing mission to combat Illegal, Unreported & Unregulated (IUU) fishing in Liberia.
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News & Commentary

July 15, 2019

Sea Shepherd Australia Launches Remote Cleanup On Queensland’s Moreton Island

Sea Shepherd Australia volunteers will conduct a remote cleanup and microplastic survey on Queensland’s Moreton Island between July 16 - 22 to find out just how contaminated with plastic this remote coastal area is.

June 18, 2019

Queensland Government Doubles Down On Unscientific Shark Killing Program

On the 9th of June 2019, Queensland Fisheries Minister, the Hon Mark Furner MP, announced an additional investment of $17.1M over 4 years in the Queensland Shark Control Program (QSCP). This funding includes just $1M per year for research on new technologies.…

May 16, 2019

Trashing Paradise

Plastic Pollution An Unseen Epidemic On Remote Australian Islands. Latest research reveals an overwhelming quantity of plastic on one of Australia’s most remote coral atolls: the…

Feb 21, 2019

12,549 cigarette butts in one hour: Our beaches are not ashtrays

OVER 90 volunteers collected an alarming 12,549 cigarette butts in just one hour from clean-ups organised by Sea Shepherd Australia’s Marine Debris Campaign at Coogee Beach and…

Feb 19, 2019

Ziggy hits right note at Sea Shepherd Marine Debris Campaign clean-ups

WE were delighted that Australian singer-songwriter Ziggy Alberts was able to join Sea Shepherd Australia's Marine Debris Campaign at two of their beach clean-up events in…

Feb 05, 2019

Butt it out: 5700 cigarette butts picked-up at Tallebudgera Creek in one hour

OVER 120 volunteers from Sea Shepherd Australia and Stop Adani on the Gold Coast picked-up 8977 pieces of rubbish – including an alarming 5700 cigarette butts – from Tallebudgera…