Humpback whale killed in krill supertrawler net yet further evidence that industrial fishing must be banned in Antarctica.
A criminal complaint has been filed regarding a Humpback whale being killed by a krill supertrawler, the Chilean-flagged Antarctic Endeavour, in the pristine waters of the Antarctic. The complaint has been filed by the director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Service in Chile against the owner of the vessel and its master. Images from the […]
BOB BROWN FOUNDATION CALLS FOR PM ALBANESE TO PRE-EMPT JAPANESE WHALING.
Following Captain Paul Watson Foundation’s alarming report of three Japanese whale investigation ships off Australia’s Antarctic coastline, the Bob Brown Foundation is calling on Prime Minister Albanese to get a guarantee from Tokyo that Japan is not preparing to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean. “The Japanese whaling fleet was banned from Australian ports before […]
Whale deaths cement case for a total ban of industrial fishing in the Southern Ocean.
The news of another 4 whale deaths in Antarctica due to industrial krill fishing and toothfish longlining is the impetus to ban all industrial fishing in one of the world’s last great wild places. The Bob Brown Foundation is calling on the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic and Marine Living Resources to ban all […]
MULTIPLE ABUSE NATIONAL PARKS ON WAY – BOB BROWN
The Albanese government’s announcement of a giant new protected area around Heard and MacDonald Islands near Antarctica is spoiled by the confusion of allowing continued toothfish longlining within the area, Bob Brown said in Hobart today. “Honest government would keep the fishing places out of the so-called protected area. With 90% of the world’s fisheries […]
Captain Paul Watson Foundation’s Antarctic defence ship welcome to Hobart – but Bob Brown demands to know why it will be lost to Brisbane.
Famed opponent of Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean, Captain Paul Watson’s new ship ‘Northern Horizon’ docks at Princes Wharf in Hobart this morning. And it comes with a wave of controversy. Bob Brown, the chair of Sea Shepherd Australia during the ‘whale wars’ in which Captain Paul Watson’s ships confronted the whalers and won […]
Krill supertrawlers found trawling through whale pods for a second year in a row in the Antarctica
Today, Sea Shepherd global has released footage and images of large industrial krill supertrawlers, once again trawling in large pods of whales off the Antarctic Peninsula.
Krill supertrawlers found trawling through whale pods for a second year in a row in the Antarctic
Today, Sea Shepherd Global has released footage and images of large industrial krill supertrawlers, once again trawling in large pods of whales off the Antarctic Peninsula. The Bob Brown Foundation is calling on the Australian government to call on CCAMLR to ban krill fishing in the Antarctic based on the huge impact it has on […]
CCAMLR must protect krill urgently
Today, the Bob Brown Foundation held a protest calling for an end to krill fishing in Antarctica, at the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic and Marine Living Resources ( CCAMLR) as international delegates arrived for the opening day of the annual CCAMLR conference. Protesters scaled the flag poles out the front of the building […]
Bob Brown welcomes Antarctica portfolio.
Bob Brown has welcomed Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s establishment of a ministry for Antarctica. Tasmania is best placed to take a pivotal role for Australia and the world in protecting the Great White Continent, its ocean and its wildlife from the ravages of human exploitation overtaking the rest of the planet: Brown said. “We look forward […]
Macquarie Island marine park just falls short of being a master stroke.
The recent announcement from Minister Tanya Plibersek to expand the Macquarie Island marine park is a great step toward protecting the Southern Ocean and is welcomed by the Bob Brown Foundation. However, it falls just short of being a complete and true marine protected area by allowing fishing activities inside the Macquarie Island Marine Park. […]
