Captain Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd crew on board the Steve Irwin located the Japanese Whaling fleet on February 22, 2008 and chased them out of the Australian Antarctic territory. They also came across and documented two ships illegally harvesting Patagonia Toothfish. For updated information go to www.seashepherd.org and read Captain Watson’s latest updates.

why doesnt the aust. gov. defend the territory? what is the point of claiming an exlusion zone if you dont police it? sea shepherd will find plenty of support here.