What is on Sea Shepherds Agenda for 2008?
Captain Paul Watson: January into March has us in the Southern Oceans pursuing illegal Japanese whaling ships with our ship the Steve Irwin. In late March and April, we will oppose the Canadian slaughter of harp seal pups. We will be attending the International Whaling Commission meeting in Santiago, Chile in June. Our ship the Sirenian will be doing patrols in the Galapagos National Park Marine Reserve throughout the year and we will be training a canine unit for the Ecuadorian National Police to detect smuggled shark fins and sea cucumbers at border crossings and airports. We continue our opposition to the resumption of whaling by the Makah Indians in the United States and we continue our opposition to illegal Norwegian whaling activities. We also continue our campaigns to oppose the killing of dolphins in Japan. Our campaign to seize and confiscate illegal longlines and to deploy net rippers against illegal bottom trawling continues.
