Vegetarian Star

Captain Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd crew is about to embark on a mission to campaign to protect bluefin tuna.

This year for the first time, the International Convention for Trade in Endangered Species did not list any marine species on its list, something Watson feels has more to do with politics than science.

“That was under pressure from Japan and China,” Watson told Treehugger. “That’s never happened before. So five species of sharks, two species of coral, the polar bear and bluefin tuna were not listed when they should’ve been listed.”

Watson said bluefin are so endangered, they will probably be extinct in less than half a decade unless action is taken and that some fish not on the list are actually fewer in numbers than some mammals.

He added there are more bengal tigers than great white sharks, for example, but great white sharks are not listed as endangered. Still, other species, like the porbeagle shark, have been taken off the list.

“It’s a very serious situation, because this is the Planet Ocean not the Planet Earth. The problem is, the destruction of biodiversity in our world’s oceans, the diminishment of life in the oceans, means that if the oceans die then we die. I don’t think people get that message.”

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A NYC Evening For The Oceans

Here’s your chance to meet Captain Paul Watson and benefit the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

NYC Evening for the Oceans will be held on April 30 between 7:30 PM and 11:30 PM at Collective Hardware at 169 Bowery between Broome and Kenmare in Manhattan, New York City.

The cost for the evening is $100 and tickets must be purchased in advance. The event poster says, “No ticket sales at door,” so you won’t even be able to offer them tins of nutritional yeast to sweet talk your way in that night.

Besides meeting Watson and the crew, attendees will enjoy food from vegan restaurant Candle Cafe.

Items will be auctioned and donations will be accepted.

For more information and to order tickets, visit the event’s website.

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Sea Shepherd Tour poster

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s star flagship, the Steve Irwin, will be docking in New York city from April 23-May 3 to rest between its Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign and prepare for its upcoming bluefin tuna one.

Tours of the boat will be given daily from approximately 10AM to 3PM and the crew will also be taking donations for their upcoming trip to fight blue fin tuna extinction.

From looking at the items in demand list, this crew knows how to eat vegan in style!

All donated items must be vegan, and the crew is especially in need of things like tofu, coconut cream, tahini, vegan cream cheese and vegan mayonnaise and nutritional yeast.

You can view all of both their priority and staples donation lists at Supervegan.

As expected, volunteers are needed for the tours.

If interested and for more information, email nyc [at] seashepherd [dot] org.

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Ady Gil. Photo: Hi-Def.com

The Hump, the well known sushi restaurant in California that was caught serving illegal whale meat by the staff who created the Academy Award winning film, The Cove, might take seafood completely off the menu.

Owner of American Hi-Def who donated a boat to the Sea Shepherd Conservation, Ady Gil, told the LAist his lawyers have contacted the city of Santa Monica about leasing the space.

If successful, Gil would like to turn it into a vegan restaurant.

Maybe he will call upon the chefs of Planet Green’s Future Food to make a vegetarian watermelon sushi once the vegan hump is in operation.

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Bob Barker has always been outspoken on animal welfare issues, but has he joined Captain Paul Watson and the rest of the Sea Shepherd crew to thwart the whalers in the Southern Ocean?

Not quite (but hey, there’s always next season).

The Bob Barker is the latest ship to partake in the Sea Shepherd mission off the Adelie Coast.

The ship was refurbished thanks to a $5 million dollar donation by none other than Mr. Price is Right himself.

Check out the photo of Bob Barker (the ship) at tmz.com!

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Paul Watson Poster by Shepherd Fairey

If you hang the shirtless picture of Robert Pattinson or the bikini clad Pamela Anderson on your wall, you’ll need to make room for one eco dreamboat-Whale Wars star and Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson.

Brought to you by the same artist who drew the Obama portraits, Shepherd Fairey, the posters can be purchased online from obeygiant.com.

For $55, fans can get the 18 x24 inch creation signed by Watson himself.

Hang it across from the bed and go to sleep with sweet visions of saving whales by bombing the enemy with rancid butter bombs.

via supervegan.com

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Earthrace Sea Shepherd

The Sea Shepherd Earthrace boat that was set to depart from Auckland Australia and begin the journey sailing the Southern Ocean to protect whales from Japanese whaling was delayed today.

According to Skipper Pete Bethune, “last minute fit out delays” will keep the boat docked for another week.

Bethune will have one more week to give into his dairy cravings, as crew members will once again be required to eat vegan during the Whale Wars filming.

“No more cheese or chocolate on the boat so that’s pretty hard,” Bethune said.

Quick, now’s the chance for Bethune to stock up on the vegan chocolate and nut cheese before the three month sail.

Bethune is not vegetarian by choice, but following the Sea Shepherd rules.

via brisbanetimes.com

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“Well, we’re really not too concerned about what people think about us because our clients happen to be whales and sharks and sea turtles and fish. So you know, we do what we do, and people either like it, or they don’t like it. They either like it passionately or they dislike us intensely. What we do out there is simply go out and intervene against illegal activities. We aren’t a protest group. What we are is an interventionist group. And we’ve never hurt anybody, but we’re quite aggressive.”

—-Captain Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation and Whale Wars star on how the public reacts to some of the Sea Shepherd’s tactics to thwart Japanese hunters from killing whales.

Check out the entire podcast with Paul at treehugger.com.

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