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Sea Shepherd Australia

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  • Sea Shepherd fights to defend, conserve and protect our ocean.

    We use direct action to defend marine wildlife and protect their habitat in the world’s ocean. Sea Shepherd’s conservation actions aim to safeguard the biodiversity of our delicately-balanced marine ecosystems.

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  • If the ocean dies, we die.

    Overfishing, poaching and environmental waste have destroyed marine populations and polluted our seas. International laws and agreements exist to protect our fragile marine ecosystems, but enforcement is lacking.

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  • We do what international authorities can’t … or won’t.

    When existing laws to protect the world’s oceans and marine wildlife are not enforced, Sea Shepherd engages in direct action campaigns, patrolling the high seas and working with national authorities to tackle illegal fishing in sovereign waters.

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Sea Shepherd’s
Direct Action Campaigns

Illegal Fishing Campaigns

Partnerships to Protect Africa’s Marine Wildlife

Shark Defence Campaign

Defending, conserving and protecting sharks

Operation Dolphin Bycatch

Protecting dolphins on France's Atlantic Coast

Marine Debris Campaign

Join our fight against ocean pollution

Operation Pahu

Hector's Dolphin Defence Campaign

Operation Jeedara

Defending the Great Australian Bight

Operation Bloody Fjords

Pilot Whale Defense Campaign in the Faroe Islands

Operation Siso

Fighting illegal fishing in the Mediterranean Sea

Baltic Sea Campaign

Defending harbor porpoises in the Baltic Sea

Monachus Defense Campaign

Protecting Mediterranean Monk Seals

Operation Reef Defence

Our Mission to #StopAdani

Antarctic Whale Defence Campaigns

Our fight to end illegal whaling

Operation Kimberley Miinimbi

Defending the Kimberley

Operation Driftnet

Shutting Down a Fleet of Illegal Driftnetters

Operation Icefish 2014/15

Chasing down a notorious poaching fleet

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      Facts & Figures

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      Facts & Figures

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      Sharks

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      Simple truths

      Facts & Figures

      Marine Debris Campaign

      Facts & Figures

      Did You Know?

      If not for whaling, ship strikes, pollution and entanglement in fishing gear, some whales could live for over 200 years.

      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).

      Around the world, between 70 and 100 million sharks die each year through fishing, shark finning and shark mitigation programs. 

      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.

      Illegal fishing accounts for an estimated 11-26 million tons of the annual catch of fish globally.

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