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Twelve Months On From Sea Shepherd’s Historic Win For The Māui Dolphin And The US Ban Is Still In Place
Monday, 18 December 2023, 10:09 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
Twelve months on from Sea Shepherd’s historic win for the Māui dolphin and the US ban is still in place, with another two years possible. “We are keen on looking at other species and also countries which wish to join the ban” says Michael Lawry ... More >>
Sea Shepherd Launches New BOAT and Calls to Expand Protection for Māui
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 6:28 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
Sea Shepherd is pleased to announce a new patrol boat for Tamaki Makaurau / Auckland: Fox Fraher. Fox Fraher (Fox Fr-ahh) was purchased by Sea Shepherd with the help of private donors including two donors for whose son the vessel is named. Sea Shepherd ... More >>
Court Bans Import Of Fish From Certain New Zealand Fisheries To Protect The Critically Endangered Māui Dolphin
Tuesday, 29 November 2022, 4:43 pm | Sea Shepherd NZ
Today, in a lawsuit brought by Sea Shepherd New Zealand and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (collectively Sea Shepherd) to protect the critically endangered Māui dolphin, the United States Court of International Trade ordered a ban of imports of nine fish ... More >>
New Zealand Brothers Smuggle Whisky Across UK Waters
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 9:29 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
Known as The Whisky Smugglers , brothers Alex and Nick Ravenhall, are embarking on a series of wild water swims in some of the UK’s most treacherous waters, all with bottles of whisky strapped to their bodies, to raise money for Sea Shepherd ... More >>
Sea Shepherd: Maui Dolphin Death – Fisheries Bycatch Cannot Be Discounted
Friday, 25 June 2021, 6:43 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
This week DOC reported a dead Maui dolphin was found at Muriwai in February. There was once again considerable concern the Government agency took months to report a death of this critically endangered dolphin. Of equal concern is the pathology report ... More >>
Sea Shepherd Asks US Court To Immediately Ban NZ Seafood Imports
Friday, 3 July 2020, 7:45 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
Sea Shepherd filed a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction yesterday in the U.S. Court of International Trade relating to its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, NOAA Fisheries, and the Treasury Department. The ... More >>
Sea Shepherd Files Lawsuit Against US Agencies To Save New Zealand’s Māui Dolphin From Extinction
Friday, 22 May 2020, 7:41 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
Sea Shepherd Legal and its co-counsel, Earthrise Law Center, filed a lawsuit today on behalf of Sea Shepherd New Zealand and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society against the US Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, NOAA Fisheries, and ... More >>
Government delay Maui plan by months
Friday, 20 December 2019, 8:57 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
The New Zealand Government has announced the Maui and Hector’s (Pahu) Threat Management Plan will now be delayed by months. Meanwhile, Sea Shepherd NZ is alarmed to see a sharp rise in commercial fishing activity in their habitat. More >>
“Franken” science won’t save Maui dolphin
Wednesday, 20 November 2019, 8:31 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
Correspondence between MPI (Fisheries NZ) and NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmosphere), obtained by Sea Shepherd under the Official Information Act, shows conclusively that MPI unreasonably influenced the research they had contracted from ... More >>
NZ Dolphin Cat Sh*t Theory
Tuesday, 14 May 2019, 10:10 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
Despite reports from Seafood NZ and NIWA that there is now “a revised understanding” around NZ Dolphin deaths an International Expert Panel warned Fisheries NZ and DOC last year they were concerned results from the cat sh*t (toxoplasmosis) model could ... More >>
Dolphin deaths signal further trouble for exports
Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 10:11 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
DOC’s recent report that 4-5 Pahu (Hector’s) have been killed as bycatch in commercial trawl operations in the last six months further demonstrates how desperately we need to be following best practice recommendations for our NZ Dolphin both Maui ... More >>
Sea Shepherd pays out reward for Leopard seal killers
Thursday, 6 December 2018, 9:52 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
Sea Shepherd New Zealand have confirmed $5000 was paid out for information that led to the capture of the Leopard seal killers in late July this year in Northland. More >>
Sea Shepherd offers reward for Leopard seal killer
Sunday, 29 July 2018, 11:41 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
A rare visitor to Northland’s west coast, a Leopard seal was shot in the face and killed sometime late on Friday or early Saturday morning. More >>
Leaked commercial fishing industry report
Thursday, 24 May 2018, 3:19 pm | Sea Shepherd NZ
Given the recent leaked report regarding IUU (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated) practices in the commercial fishing industry Sea Shepherd is also concerned dolphin by-catch from the large trawlers on the west coast is going unreported or possibly ... More >>
NZ Dolphin populations disappearing
Thursday, 8 February 2018, 8:22 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
Field work and research carried out by Sea Shepherd New Zealand as part of Operation Pahu has found some Hector’s (Pahu) populations are disappearing or gone forever from the South East coast of Te Wai Pounamu. More >>
Sea Shepherd Offers $5000 Reward for NZ Sea Lion Killer
Wednesday, 20 September 2017, 8:50 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
On Sunday the 17th September the Department of Conservation found a dead endangered male New Zealand Sea Lion (Rāpoka/ Whakahao). It had been shot on Tautuku Beach in the Catlins(Otago/ Southland) and was otherwise in healthy condition. More >>
Sea Shepherd launches Operation Pahu
Thursday, 7 September 2017, 11:26 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
Operation Pahu is Sea Shepherd’s first campaign in New Zealand and makes a stand for NZ’s endemic dolphin in the South Island. More >>
Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Pahu
Thursday, 7 September 2017, 8:41 am | Sea Shepherd NZ
Operation Pahu is Sea Shepherd’s first campaign in New Zealand and makes a stand for NZ’s endemic dolphin in the South. More >>
Unusual whale strandings prompt urgent call
Tuesday, 3 January 2017, 12:25 pm | Sea Shepherd NZ
Unusual whale strandings prompt urgent call for autopsies During the height of Kiwi Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations there have been several whale strandings and unusual sightings. Unusual because: these incidents involve multiple species ... More >>
On-Going Pursuit of Poaching Vessel, Thunder
Thursday, 26 March 2015, 3:03 pm | Sea Shepherd NZ
Yesterday, the Sea Shepherd ship Sam Simon rendezvoused with fellow Sea Shepherd ship, Bob Barker, at 7 27' South 02 19 West, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the second time the vessels have met during the course of Operation Icefish, Sea Shepherd's ... More >>