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We do what international authorities can’t … or won’t.
Direct Action Campaigns
from Sea Shepherd Australia
Operation Antarctica Defense
Sea Shepherd Catches Super Trawlers Stealing Food from Mega Pod of Over One Hundred Fin Whales in Antarctica
Thursday, 09 Mar, 2023
Illegal Fishing Campaigns
Arrest of Three Fishing Vessels by Navy Marks Sea Shepherd’s Return to Sierra Leone
Thursday, 23 Feb, 2023
Facts and figures
Simple truths
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts and figures
Sharks
Facts & Figures
Marine Debris Campaign
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?







For every pound of trawled shrimp, up to six pounds of "bycatch” is also captured, including turtles and dolphins.
Illegal fishing accounts for an estimated 11-26 million tons of the annual catch of fish globally.
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.
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.
If not for whaling, ship strikes, pollution and entanglement in fishing gear, some whales could live for over 200 years.