Sea Shepherd
Four decades of direct-action marine conservation — from Paul Watson splitting with Greenpeace to found the fleet in 1977, through the Antarctic whaling wars, the Faroese grind, the fight for the vaquita, and the patrols that police the high seas where no navy will.
A chronological documentary of 924 moments on Loreline.
last updated 2026-07-22
Eras
- Origins & the Fleet — Paul Watson founds Sea Shepherd in 1977. The ships, the crews, the campaigns and the films that built the movement.
- The Whaling Wars — Campaigns against industrial and "research" whaling, the Faroese grind, and the Antarctic krill collapse threatening the whales' food web.
- The Seal & Sea Lion Campaigns — Confronting commercial seal hunts and protecting endangered sea lions.
- Illegal Fishing & Poaching — Operations against IUU fishing, poaching and ghost gear — vaquita/totoaba, toothfish, trawlers, gillnets and traps from the Gulf of California to West Africa and the Med.
- Reserves, Reefs & Ocean Defence — Marine-reserve patrols, shark-finning interdiction, reef and turtle protection, marine-debris cleanups, and frontline ocean-defence campaigns worldwide.
- Voices & the Wider Ocean — Everything else from the channel — short films, profiles, awareness pieces and the broader case for the ocean.
…and 924 more moments. Full text archive: /loreline-text/sea-shepherd.md
