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.
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102 moments in this segment.
- — The Patagonian toothfish pirates. The "Bandit 6" — a notorious group of illegal toothfish vessels plundering Antarctic waters — became the targets Sea Shepherd hunted across the Southern Ocean.
- — Operation Apex Harmony: WA Fisheries Dept ignores offer of assistance to save shark. Sea Shepherd — 2014
- — Operation Icefish website is coming soon. Sea Shepherd — 2014
- — Operation Icefish Campaign Update - with Captain Peter Hammarstedt. Sea Shepherd — 2014
- — Operation Icefish - the Bob Barker departs Hobart. Captain Peter Hammarstedt and Bob Brown talk to media about Operation Icefish as the Bob Barker prepares to depart. The Sea Shepherd ship will join with the Sam Simon and patrol the Southern Ocean shadowlands for Antarctic and Patagonian Toothfish poachers.
- — Operation Icefish Campaign Update - Sam Simon Modifications. Sea Shepherd — 2014
- — Operation Icefish Campaign Update - More news from the Sam Simon. The crew of the Sam Simon shares their anticipation for Operation Icefish. Hear what drives them to return year after year to protect the last great wilderness on the planet.
- — The Sam Simon Retrieves Illegal Gill Net Abandoned by Poachers. Sea Shepherd — 2015
- — Sea Shepherd Breaks Record For World's Longest Sea Chase of a Poaching Vessel. On January 8 2015, the Sea Shepherd ship, Bob Barker, marked the 22nd day of its pursuit of the Interpol-listed poaching vessel, Thunder. In doing so, the conservation ship has broken the record for the world's longest sea chase of a poaching vessel.
- — EXCLUSIVE: Crew of the Sam Simon Retrieve 3rd Illegal Gillnet. Sea Shepherd — 2015
- — The Sam Simon Intercepts Two Poaching Vessels That Evaded New Zealand Navy. Sea Shepherd — 2015
- — Dramatic Footage of Near Collision In High Seas Battle With Notorious Poaching Vessel. Sea Shepherd — 2015
- — Sea Shepherd Assaulted While Attempting to Communicate with The Thunder. Sea Shepherd — 2015
- — Poaching Vessel, Thunder, Sinks in Suspicious Circumstances. On April 6, the notorious poaching vessel, Thunder, sank inside the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Sao Tome.
- — Operation Milagro — saving the vaquita. Sea Shepherd patrols the upper Gulf of California pulling illegal gillnets that drown the vaquita, the world's most endangered porpoise, down to a few dozen animals.
- — Steve Irwin Departs Fremantle Today on Operation Icefish 2015-16. Sea Shepherd — 2016
- — Operation Apex Harmony: Two rare Japanese Devilrays found in shark net - Queensland. Sea Shepherd — 2016
- — Shocking Footage of Illegal Fishing in the Indian Ocean. Sea Shepherd — 2016
- — Operation Driftnet: The Chase Begins. Sea Shepherd — 2016
- — Operation Driftnet: Wrap Up. Sea Shepherd — 2016
- — Operation Driftnet: Sea Shepherd Shuts Down Entire Illegal Fishing Fleet. Sea Shepherd — 2016
- — Saving the almost extinct vaquita porpoise. Al Jazeera English — 2017
- — Greenpeace exposes illegal fishing activities in Sierra Leone. The sea off the coast of West Africa is rich with fish. But illegal and unregulated fishing boats are threatening the major source of seafood.
- — The battle against illegal fishing in West Africa. FRANCE 24 English — 2017
- — The totoaba swim-bladder trade. The nets killing the vaquita are set for totoaba, whose swim bladders fetch fortunes in the illegal Chinese "aquatic cocaine" trade — the economic engine Sea Shepherd is fighting.
- — Operation Albacore: Two Trawlers Arrested. Sea Shepherd — 2017
- — Video shows how Sea Shepherd is helping Gabon combat illegal fishing. Sea Shepherd — 2017
- — Fighting Poaching on the Open Ocean: A Great Big Film Teaser. Sea Shepherd — 2017
- — Become a Part-Time Poacher Fighter. Sea Shepherd — 2017
- — Liberian Coast Guard Fights Illegal Fishing. Sea Shepherd — 2017
- — Operation Apex Harmony: Eagle Rays left to die in shark nets in Australia. Sea Shepherd — 2018
- — Poacher Killed Half a Million Sharks for Liver Oil. Sea Shepherd — 2018
- — Sea Shepherd joins forces with Tanzania to stop illegal fishing. For years, illegal fishing vessels have operated off the African coast of Tanzania with impunity. But now, poachers and other illegal operators are being boarded, inspected, and arrested thanks to a new coalition of ocean conservationist and law enforcement. Sea Shepherd has partnered with Tanzanian authorities for Operation Jodari, a campaign to patrol the country’s sovereign waters with agents from the Deep Sea Fishing Authority, Tanzanian Navy and the Multi-Agency Task Team (MATT) stationed onboard Sea…
- — Mexican troops partner with activists to save vaquita porpoise. AFP News Agency — 2018
- — At Sea Inspections reveal IUU fishing in West Indian Ocean. Sea Shepherd — 2018
- — 162kgs of net dug out from remote beach in Victoria. Sea Shepherd — 2018
- — Perkunas Campaign: Death Traps in Protected Areas. Sea Shepherd — 2018
- — Operation Albacore 3 Campaign Launch: Three Poachers Arrested. Sea Shepherd — 2018
- — Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Siracusa 2018: Busting Poachers. Sea Shepherd — 2018
- — On the Hunt for Poachers | Operation Albacore. Sea Shepherd — 2018
- — Shutting Down Poachers on Africa's West Coast. Sea Shepherd — 2018
- — Keeping Tanzanian Waters Free from Poachers. The Vigilance of Patrols in Tanzania Continue to Protect African Marine Wildlife
- — Operation Sola Stella 3: Fish Poachers Arrested. Sea Shepherd — 2018
- — Patrolling East Africa for Poachers. Sea Shepherd — 2018
- — Trawler caught fishing without pingers threatens Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd — 2019
- — Endangered Basking Shark Caught in Fishing Trawlers Net. Sea Shepherd — 2019
- — Operation Sola Stella: 15th Illegal Fishing Vessel Arrested. Sea Shepherd — 2019
- — Sea Shepherd Retrieves iIllegal Driftnet in the Mediterranean. Sea Shepherd — 2019
- — Sea Shepherd Helps Rescue Shark from Illegal Driftnet. Sea Shepherd — 2019
- — Busted! Illegal Fishing Trawler Arrested in Gabon's Marine Protected Area. Sea Shepherd — 2019
- — Two Trawlers Arrested as Sea Shepherd Starts Patrols in The Gambia. Sea Shepherd — 2019
- — West African Patrol Nets Another Trawler. Sea Shepherd — 2019
- — Shutting Down Poachers in Africa. Sea Shepherd — 2019
- — Shutting Down Poachers in The Gambia. Sea Shepherd — 2019
- — Ten fishing trawlers arrested for illegal fishing along the coast of The Gambia. Sea Shepherd — 2019
- — Operation Siso 2019: Sea Shepherd's Campaign to Protect the Mediterranean Sea from Illegal Fishing. Sea Shepherd — 2019
- — BOATS BUSTED FOR POACHING IN WEST AFRICA. Sea Shepherd — 2020
- — Shots Fired At Boats Trying To Save Endangered Vaquita in Sea of Cortez. KPBS Public Media — 2020
- — Five Years Ago Today: A Poaching Vessel Goes Down. Sea Shepherd — 2020
- — Endangered Species Week Feature Video: Vaquita. Sea Shepherd — 2020
- — The Bob Barker busts illegal trawlers with over one tonne of fins and rays.. Sea Shepherd — 2020
- — Shark Nets and Drumlines: Indiscriminate Killers. Sea Shepherd — 2020
- — The Arrest of Poaching Vessel Fada 18. Sea Shepherd — 2020
- — Poachers Caught in the Act in Waters off West Africa!. Sea Shepherd — 2020
- — Fighting back against Poachers in Benin. Sea Shepherd — 2021
- — 230+ Illegal Fishing Devices Recovered in the Med!. Sea Shepherd — 2021
- — Sea Shepherd Crew Subjected to Fishermen's Threats, Projectiles and Exhibitionism. Sea Shepherd — 2021
- — How illegal fishing in Liberia ENDED. Sea Shepherd — 2021
- — Shrimp Trawler Caught Red-Handed. Sea Shepherd — 2021
- — Sea Eagle Fighting Illegal Fishing in the Med. After a month spent in dry dock for maintenance and a fresh paint job, our newest vessel the M/Y Sea Eagle is back on campaign in the Med for Operation Siso. Watch the latest video of Sea Shepherd Captain Madeleine Habib showing how the Sea Eagle is removing illegal fishing gear such as Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) to protect sea turtles and other marine wildlife.
- — Illegal Fishing Documented in the Med!. Sea Shepherd — 2021
- — Super Trawler Caught Dumping Tons of Dead Fish. Sea Shepherd — 2022
- — Fishing Eco-Labels mean NOTHING. Sea Shepherd — 2022
- — On the FRONTLINES: Illegal Fishing in Africa. Sea Shepherd — 2022
- — Shrimp Fishing SHUT DOWN in Gabon. In Gabon, Shrimp fisheries have been suspended indefinitely and the tuna fishing ship that tormented whales has been kicked out of Gabonese waters!
- — Distant Waters | Full film | Sea Shepherd Global. Sea Shepherd — 2022
- — Operation Sola Stella 2022 - Protecting Liberia's Water from Illegal Fishing. Since 2017, Sea Shepherd has partnered with the Liberian Ministry of National Defense to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the West African coastal waters of Liberia. This successful campaign, named Operation Sola Stella, has resulted in the arrest of over a dozen illegal fishing vessels. And our continued presence in Liberian waters ensures that they do not come back.
- — Baltic Sea Campaign 2021 | Recovery of Ghost nets in the Baltic Sea | SEA SHEPHERD. Baltic Sea Campaign 2021 - Dive into the Baltic Sea with Sea Shepherd Germany and see how we trying to protect one of the most threatened marine ecosystems on earth.
- — Catch of the Day 2050. Sea Shepherd — 2022
- — Shocking Discovery in Fishing Nets: Half of the Catch was Plastic Bags. Sea Shepherd — 2022
- — The World Reaction to "Catch of the Day 2050". Sea Shepherd — 2022
- — Discovering an Illegal Driftnet in the Med. Sea Shepherd — 2022
- — Poachers' Paradise: The Fight to End Illegal Fishing in West Africa | Foreign Correspondent. ABC News In-depth — 2022
- — Notorious Super Trawler Arrested In Liberia. Sea Shepherd — 2022
- — Monitoring the Most Overfished Sea in the World!. Sea Shepherd — 2022
- — Stop their silent suffering. Make 2023 shark net free.. Sea Shepherd — 2023
- — Operation SISO 2023: Saving The World’s Most Overfished Sea. Sea Shepherd — 2023
- — Extinction alert issued over endangered vaquita porpoise - BBC News. BBC News — 2023
- — Three Trawlers Busted in Gambian Waters. Sea Shepherd — 2023
- — Three Trawlers Busted! Sea Shepherd and The Gambia Renew Joint Fight Against Illegal Fishing. Sea Shepherd — 2023
- — Fourth Trawler Arrested in The Gambia in Just a Week!. Sea Shepherd — 2023
- — Italian Trawler Arrested in The Gambia with “Sustainably Caught Shrimp” Bound for Europe. Sea Shepherd — 2023
- — Untangling the Past: Ghost Nets vs. WWII Plane Wrecks. Sea Shepherd — 2023
- — Defending Europe's Largest Marine Sanctuary From Illegal Trawlers. Illegal Trawlers Caught Inside Europe's Largest Marine Sanctuary!
- — 8 Trawlers BUSTED in the Gambia. Sea Shepherd — 2024
- — Taking Back Tuvalu - Defending the Pacific from Poachers!. Sea Shepherd — 2024
- — SISO 7 Launches to Battle Illegal Fishing in the Med!. Sea Shepherd — 2024
- — China’s slave fishermen and the companies allegedly exploiting Uyghur labour | 101 East Documentary. Al Jazeera English — 2024
- — How We Forced Fishers To Flee Paradise. Sea Shepherd — 2024
- — 6,500 Traps Removed: Our Latest Campaign in Greece. Sea Shepherd — 2024
- — The crew on the hunt for Greece's illegal octopus traps | REUTERS. Home to Greece’s largest octopus habitat, the Thracian Sea has become a battleground where illegal plastic traps blanket the seabed, threatening marine life and fueling pollution. Sea Shepherd volunteers race to gather thousands of these traps.
- — 9 YEARS FIGHTING POACHERS IN GABON - Operation Albacore. Sea Shepherd — 2025
