NEPTUNE’S PIRATES – DESTINATIONS FOR 2024 ICELAND, THE FAROES AND ANTARCTICA December 14, 2023 We need to be ready for the return of the Japanese whaling fleet to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Japan retired the factory ship Nisshan Maru and replaced it with the newly constructed Kangei Maru. There is only one use for a whale processing factory ship and that is to kill whales in the Southern Ocean. Earlier this year, Japan sent two harpoon boats to the…
December 11, 2023 The news from COP 28 is amazingly bizarre and exciting. How could it not be? Last year the silly blah, blah debacle in Egypt was hosted by Coca Cola among other respectable defenders of the environment. This year the entire charade has been tossed aside as billionaire Sultan Doctor Ahmed Al Jaber, the highly esteemed Minister of Energy for the United Arab Emirates assumed the role of “impartial” President. His self-proclaimed impartiality reinforced by his commanding position…
December 4, 2023 As we continue to shadow the Super Trawler Alida today in the English Channel it is good to see that at least one of the mainstream newspapers in Britain is giving the issue some attention. These deadly Super Trawlers are not just damaging marine life, they are “exterminating” marine life, and they are the primary cause for the starvation of thousands of dying seals, dolphins and whales, and the reason so many of these animals are washing…
December 2, 2023 It’s been a quiet birthday for me so far. We’ve been chasing the Dutch 99 meter Super Trawler Alida all day at 12 knots waiting for them to deploy their destructive net. They don’t seem to be looking for fish. The captain thinks we are intimidating him and his crew just by being here seeing things they don’t want us to see. They cruised southwest and now back southeast in French waters. The John Paul DeJoria of…
December 1, 2023 On this my last day of my 72nd year I am onboard the John Paul DeJoria in the English Channel in pursuit of super trawlers. We have three of these huge ocean killing factory ships in the area but the one we’ve decided to go for is the Alida, a 99-meter Dutch ship whose captain appears to have some rather inflated opinions about us being a threat to him personally. On his Instagram page under the name…
November 30, 2023 One of my great concerns is deep sea mining and I have been following the efforts to begin exploitation of manganese nodules since 1977. And now that it looks like this exceedingly destructive industry is about to begin operations, I am frustrated that I have not got a ship to oppose it. The exploratory operations are happening now in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone halfway between Hawaii and Mexico, too far from where we are with the John Paul…
November 28, 2023 Went to the Louvre with my daughter Lani last week and took this picture of THE THREE GRACES. It reminded me that I wrote a poem a few years ago about The Three Graces. The Eternal Dance of the Graces Thalia moved across the floor with effortless grace, Aglaia smiled at him, her charming alluring eyes sparkling, Euphrosyne paralyzed him with her profoundly perfect beauty. Three sisters, sacred feminine deities presiding in Thrace Which one will be…
November 24, 2023 Now that some members of the Makah Tribe of Washington State are renewing interest in the killing of gray whales, I have been contacted by some people wanting to know what my position is and what are we going to do about it? My position is the same as what I posted in the Seattle Times on December 9th, 2019. I cannot speak for Sea Shepherd now however, as I am no longer affiliated with Sea Shepherd…
November 22, 2023 Reaction to the Sea Shepherd Germany Post dismissing me as a member of Sea Shepherd Germany has not been supportive of the directors who have perverted and corrupted the Board of Directors. Sea Shepherd Germany does not allow comments, but people can post emojis and according to the posted Emojis. their posts received 79 likes,175 angry Emojis and 20 sad emojis. This indicates that a great many people opposed the decision to dismiss me despite the fact…
November 23, 2023 Since my posting of my dismissal as a voting member of Sea Shepherd Germany, I have received some messages asking why I don’t just let it go? Why don’t I move on with the Captain Paul Watson Foundation and Neptune’s Pirates and let Sea Shepherd Global and Sea Shepherd Germany do what they want to do, the way they want to do it? A few comments were just rude like “Get over it Watson” or “You’re too…