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Direct Action Campaigns
from Sea Shepherd Australia
Shark Defence Campaign
Community Calls for Removal of Shark Nets from NSW Waters
Thursday, 05 Sep, 2024
Monachus Defense Campaign
Crisis in the Med: Record Heat and Mass Die-Offs Threaten Marine Life
Wednesday, 04 Sep, 2024
Operation Siso
From Death Traps to Lifesavers: How We’re Turning Ocean Pollution into Rescue Tools
Thursday, 22 Aug, 2024
Marine Debris Campaign
Massive National Day of Action for the Ocean Concludes with Significant Results and a Huge Positive Impact
Wednesday, 14 Aug, 2024
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts and figures
Sharks
Facts and figures
Simple truths
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts & Figures
Marine Debris Campaign
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Humpback whales communicate with complex songs that can be as loud as the sound of a jet plane (around 150 decibels).
12-15 million tons of plastic ends up in the ocean every year, killing one million seabirds and 100,000 marine animals.
Illegal fishing accounts for an estimated 11-26 million tons of the annual catch of fish globally.
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.
If not for whaling, ship strikes, pollution and entanglement in fishing gear, some whales could live for over 200 years.
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.