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Sea Shepherd Australia

Australia's six sea turtle species are all either endangered or vulnerable.

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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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  • 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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  • 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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Campaigns
Sea Shepherd’s
Direct Action Campaigns

Shark Defence Campaign

Defending, conserving and protecting sharks

Marine Debris Campaign

Join our fight against ocean pollution

Operation Tuvalu

Defending Atolls and Reefs in the South Pacific

Operation Antarctica Defense

Defending the Southern Ocean

Illegal Fishing Campaigns

Partnerships to Protect Africa’s Marine Wildlife

Operation Reef Defence

Our Mission to #StopAdani

Operation Jeedara

Defending the Great Australian Bight

Operation Kimberley Miinimbi

Defending the Kimberley

Operation Living Fjords

Pilot Whale Defense Campaign in the Faroe Islands

Operation Siso

Fighting illegal fishing in the Mediterranean Sea

Operation Pahu

Hector's Dolphin Defence Campaign

Antarctic Whale Defence Campaigns

Our fight to end illegal whaling

Baltic Sea Campaign

Defending harbor porpoises in the Baltic Sea

Monachus Defense Campaign

Protecting Mediterranean Monk Seals

Operation Dolphin Bycatch

Protecting dolphins on France's Atlantic Coast

Operation Driftnet

Shutting Down a Fleet of Illegal Driftnetters

SSAU on Offshore Wind

On offshore wind farm development in Australia.

Operation Icefish 2014/15

Chasing down a notorious poaching fleet

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    Sharks

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    Did You Know?

    Facts & Figures

    Did You Know?

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    Simple truths

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    Marine Debris Campaign

    Facts & Figures

    Did You Know?

    Facts & Figures

    Did You Know?

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

    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.

    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.

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

    Humpback whales communicate with complex songs that can be as loud as the sound of a jet plane (around 150 decibels).

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