The Panamanian registered and Korean-owned vessel, Sun Laurel, is believed to be a refueling tanker for the Japanese whaling fleet. Photo: Sea Shepherd
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has severed the fuel supply to Japanese whaling ships in Southern Ocean as this season’s campaign to stop Japan’s whaling fleet heats up… at least according to Sea Shepherd.
In a statement, Sea Shepherd Australia says that their new ship, the SSS Sam Simon, has located the Japanese whaling fleet’s refueling tanker, the Sun Laurel, and is blocking the ship’s access to the whalers approximately 1,250 miles South of Albany, Australia. This move effectively cuts off the whaler’s fuel supply in some of the most remote waters on earth.
“A massive blow has been dealt today to these illegal whale poachers from Japan,” commented Director of Sea Shepherd Australia, Jeff Hansen. “To have an Australian-registered vessel, the country who’s federal laws these poachers are in contempt of, shut down their fuel supply is a crippling result.”
Meanwhile, the SSS Bob Barker continues to pursue the factory ship, the Nisshin Maru. “The whale butchering ship Nisshin Maru can run, but it cannot hide. With an aerial fleet of drones and a helicopter assisting our fleet, we can continue to track, chase and disrupt these poachers,” said Captain Peter Hammarstedt, aboard the Bob Barker.”
Sea Shepherd, as part of this year’s Operation Zero Tolerance anti-whaling campaign, first intercepted the Japanese whaling fleet on January 29th and since then, the whalers have scattered and fled westward, says Sea Shepherd.
“This entire affair down here is like a giant game of battleship over hundreds of thousands of square nautical miles,” said Sam Simon Captain, Luis Manuel Pinho, of Ocean Reef, Western Australia. “There’s blocking, intercepting, bluffing, manoeuvring for positions and advantages, cutting and maintaining supply lines, avoidances and precautions. The objective of the Japanese whalers is to kill the whales and our objective is to make sure they don’t.”
We’ll be keeping a close eye on the campaign and will update with any new developments.
If they severed the fuel line, where is the fuel going? in the ocean?
YOU IDIOT…
THEY’RE NOT ALLOWING THE SUPPLY VESSWEL TO LINK UP WITH THE MOTHER SHIP TO REFUEL…THEY’RE NOT DUMPING FUEL INTO THE OCEAN…YOU CLOWN
HOW STUPID CAN ONE PERSON BE…
sounds like BS to me.
Are they going to cause an environmental disaster to stop the whaling? Does the end justify the means? About as sane as 'mutually assured destruction'.
these people are idiots I understand they don't want whales killed but this is not going to stop it.
Seems like they're doing a pretty good job of it.
They aren't idiots and they are stopping it, so what's your angle?
my angle is they are idiots and are not going to be happy until they get some one killed.i also believe we dont need to be killing all the whales so kiss my ass ok
Actually they ARE stopping it.
What the Japanese are doing is absolutely senseless, the justifications they come with are absolute BS. And someone needs to put an end to this.
Unfortunately the village idiots have taken it upon themselves to perform this task …
They didn’t cut the hoses between the ships and are not spilling fuel. They have blockaded the tanker and are interfering with its ability to come along side the whalers to transfer the fuel.
What about the safety of the whaler crews? if got no fuel what will happen tothem? they will be at the mercy of the seas…are you trying to kill seamen who have to earn a living? this is rather dumb…our coutries are not at war…many crew those shs are not japanese….they are frpm poor third world countries like mine, people who are trying to make a living… I wish gcaptain would go intpo it and take a llook at the situ. Many countries which arerich do no want to do this rough toughjob, and no matter what self deluding conventions are done by IMO, like MLC 2006 every body know that even the overtime sheets are bullshit….for example, for most of us it is either put up or shut up… And these are people those greenies are sadly targeting….
Sounds like piracy to me.
I thank these people who are devoting their time and energy to maybe not completely stop the Japanese whalers but at least impede their task and bring honest negative publicity to the Japanese whaling industry. The Japanese are also killing sharks for their fins and a black market for elephant tusks. Our government should broadcast our country’s distaste for these activities.
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