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We do what international authorities can’t … or won’t.
Direct Action Campaigns
from Sea Shepherd Australia
Operation Sola Stella
The Trap was Sprung: Two Vessels Busted for Transshipping in Liberia
Tuesday, 29 Apr, 2025
Marine Debris Campaign
Staggering Amounts of Plastic Removed from Remote Western Cape Shores
Wednesday, 23 Apr, 2025
Marine Debris Campaign
Historic Milestone: 1 Million Cigarette Butts Removed from Australian Shores
Wednesday, 16 Apr, 2025
Facts & Figures
Marine Debris Campaign
Facts and figures
Sharks
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts and figures
Simple truths
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?







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.
Around the world, between 70 and 100 million sharks die each year through fishing, shark finning and shark mitigation programs.
Illegal fishing accounts for an estimated 11-26 million tons of the annual catch of fish globally.
If not for whaling, ship strikes, pollution and entanglement in fishing gear, some whales could live for over 200 years.
For every pound of trawled shrimp, up to six pounds of "bycatch” is also captured, including turtles and dolphins.
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.