May 6, 2023 What is a ship without a crew? What is a crew without a ship? What is a Ship and Crew without a land support base? The ship and crew are the means. The mission is the why, The support base is the how? Together we are a team united by passion, courage, imagination and persistence. With just 25 days before departure, I would like to thank all of the crew that have made the ship ready. Thank…
May 5, 2023 Captain Paul Watson’s Newsletter from the Church of Biocentrism In 1543, less than 500 years ago, Nicolaus Copernicus got into some serious trouble with the Catholic Church when he simply pointed out his quite accurate observation that the Earth went around the Sun. It’s hard to understand today just how much of a shock this was to the anthropocentric worldview that once held that we were the center of the known universe. With this revelation the “Copernican Principle” came…
May 5, 2023 Captain John Paul Jones once said, “I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm’s way.” This is a philosophy I have practiced all my life. A ship is our most important asset. It has to be strong, long range and fast. The John Paul DeJoria fills the bill in all three categories and thus is ideal for what we need in a ship to…
5/4/2023 Blessings For Today Blessed are all you “crazy people” who think and act independent of the opinions of others, for you will be forever free. Disregard the attacks and insults of critics and naysayers and nothing can stop you. Blessed are all the boat rockers, wave makers and pot stirrers, for you will change the world. Blessed are the rebels, the defiant ones, the compassionate, determined and persistent ones, for you will win both hearts and minds. Be the…
May 1, 2023 Sea Shepherd Australia: Every day, our Sea Shepherd ships protect millions of marine animals from illegal exploitation and environmental destruction. We defend our ocean and its precious marine wildlife from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, discarded fishing equipment and plastic pollution. CPW: Somewhat of an exaggeration. Millions! Really. There is absolutely no proof of this. Busting a few small fishing vessels along the coast of West Africa where the poachers spend a few days in port,…
May 1, 2023 When this ridiculous and absurd deployment of hooked concrete blocks was first proposed, I told both Sea Pretenders and the Mexican government it was a really stupid idea. The hooks designed to snare nets render the nets into ghost nets, posing a real danger to the Vaquita and other marine life. There is only one solution to this problem, and that is to search out and confiscate illegally set nets, something we were doing very efficiently up…