New Book Released ‛ The War That Saved The Whales by ’ by Paul Millard @SeaShepherdPaul

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Confederate Navy, HighSeas, novel, Paul Watson, Yankee Whaling Fleet

‛ The War That Saved The Whales ’ |by @CaptPaulWatson | For The Last Couple Of Years I Have Been Doing The Research To Write A Book About A Little Known Chapter Of The History Of The American Civil War…▼
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Overview

During the United States’ Civil War, Confederate Navy Raiders struck fear into the hearts of Union Whalers. Under officers like James Waddell, Raphael Semmes, and others, the Confederate raiders sank or captured dozens of Union whalers.

Like those Confederate captains, Paul Watson has led a rebellious organization to challenge contemporary whalers. In his latest book Watson recounts the story of the Confederate ships that targetted Union whaling ships and how the influence his tactics as the founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and as a captain on many of its campaigns for the past four decades.

About the Author

Paul Watson founded Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977. He is the author of several books.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword by Claude Berube, PhD. vii

Introduction : Hunting Whalers. xiii

Chapter One : War & Whales. 1

Chapter Two : First Blood. 7

Chapter Three : The Destruction of the Sierra. 19

Chapter Four : The Great Stone Fleet. 23

Chapter Five : Rebel Buccaneer. 29

Chapter Six : Launching the Wolf of the Sea. 47

Chapter Seven : Azorean Bonfires: The Death of Nine

Yankee Whalers. 51

Chapter Eight : Confederate Corsairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Chapter Nine : The Final Defiance of the Alabama. 77

Chapter Ten : The Launch of the Shenandoah. 93

Chapter Eleven : Edward. 99

Chapter Twelve : A Warm Reception in Williamstown. 107

Chapter Thirteen : A Fiery April Fool’s Day Surprise. 123

Chapter Fourteen : The Sea of Okhotsk. 135

Chapter Fifteen : A Glorious Destruction. 139

Chapter Sixteen : The Last Flag Down. 151

Bibliography. 161

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Russian navy is still working with marine mammals in the Arctic,»

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Beluga, military, Russia, training

Beluga training facility in Polyarny

Visible on Google Earth’s satellite images here published by the Barents Observer (top photo) are six pens in the waters at Garyachie Ruchy, a small bay about 3,5 kilometers south of Polyarny in the Kola Bay north of Murmansk.

The pens in the bay, three with a diameter of 16 meters and two with a diameter of 20 meters, are protected from Arctic storms and waves by a headland. Onshore are two office buildings and one larger hall for equipment or other gear. A long pier with several zodiacs and small boats goes out in the water.

Most, interesting, though, are the belugas visible inside the pens. When zooming in on the satellite photo, six belugas are visible. Adult male belugas can range from 3,5 to 5,5 meters, while the females are from 3 to 4 meters. Given the diameter on the pens are 16 and 20 meters, the visible animals, white in color and of which mainly the head or front part of the body is clearly seen, can hardly be anything else then belugas.

A group of other smaller pens nearby could be for seals, also known to be trained by the navy for different purposes.

https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/05/here-northern-fleets-secret-marine-mammal-program

TAIJI DOLPHIN HUNT GOES TO COURT

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2019, courtcase, dolphinkill, japan, OpDolphin, Opkill, Taiji

Taiji Resident Prepares For Landmark Legal Case Against Dolphin Hunts

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Source: The Guardian/Justin McCurry

Photo: Bertrand Borie/Unsplash

A man from Taiji, the Japanese fishing town whose annual slaughter of dolphins has drawn widespread condemnation, will appear in court on Friday in an unprecedented legal challenge to the hunts.

In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, the plaintiff, who has asked not to be named until the hearing has concluded, said he had been been ostracised in Taiji, where he was born and raised but decided to speak out against the hunts.

The 53-year-old will testify at Wakayama district court as part of a legal case brought by the London-based animal welfare charity Action for Dolphins and Life Investigation Agency, a Japanese NGO.

The groups said fishermen in the Pacific coast town routinely violate animal welfare laws and exceed government-set catch quotas. Action for Dolphins has described drive hunts, in which pods are herded from the open sea into a narrow cove, as “exceptionally cruel”. It said the animals die a slow, painful death.

Local fishermen denied they exceeded quotas or killed dolphins inhumanely, and have vowed to continue the hunts.

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The Hunt takes place many many many times a year; every year without restrictions.

A majority of international concern has to do with the method used during the hunt, which is viewed as inhumane. An article by National Geographic refers to The Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums decision to no longer support the Taiji hunt. In 2015, it was announced that there would be a ban in the buying and selling of dolphins through the means of this hunt.

Context and history

Taiji Cove dolphins: Japanese government defends ‘lawful’ slaughter as hunters prepare to kill 200 animals

Conservationists say the fishermen have already killed over 170 dolphins and small whales this year and taken 24 captive since the start of the new year. A tweet from a team of activists overlooking the cove said the animals had spent a fourth night without food and would be slaughtered today by a party of about 40 to 60 fishermen.

http://theterramarproject.org/daily-catch/taiji-resident-prepares-for-landmark-legal-case-against-dolphin-hunts/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiji_dolphin_drive_hunt
Taiji is the only town in Japan where drive hunting still takes place on a large scale.
Conservationists say a rare albino dolphin is among about 250 of the animals thrashing behind nets overnight. “Babies and mothers will be torn from each other’s sides as some are taken for captivity, some are killed, and others are driven back out to sea to fend for themselves,” said the SSCS.

FILM (Tweet from Orca S※O※S (@OrcaSOS)

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#OpCaptivity, Beluga Whales, captivitykills, Cruelty, documentary, love Belugas, Russia, wild capture

#BornToBeFree can be seen on #Netflix in the US & Canada:

netflix.com/title/80131414

This is such an important, eye-opening film exposing the reprehensible cruelty happening in #Russia during and after the wild capture of #blackfish, #dolphins and whales

#BornToBeFree can be seen on #Netflix in the US & Canada:https://t.co/ZHz1xpNAq5

This is such an important, eye-opening film exposing the reprehensible cruelty happening in #Russia during and after the wild capture of #blackfish, #dolphins and whales

— Orca S※O※S (@OrcaSOS) December 7, 2017

A huge Thank You goes out to all the people who contributed to the making of this important documentary.

so much love

Greedy Humans & Value

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1ocean, 4fish, 4money, And while I'm at it, animalrights, BeOcean, boatcaptains, boycott, buyless, care2, caremore, China and Japan, China Robs Our Oceans, ChinaVessels, corruption – to say nothing of cruelty., criminals, despicable, empathy, endangered, extinction, Fanta-Sea, feeltheThunder, fightthem, greed, money, PoachersBoats, Sharks, tourism

Currently, shark ecotourism brings in $314 million annually worldwide, and this sector is expected to continue growing. Surges in shark tourism are particularly evident in the Caribbean and Australia, the researchers said.

“That figure is projected to double to over $700 million per year within the next 20 years,” Cisneros-Montemayor told LiveScience.

In comparison, the landed market value (which refers to the market value of goods on the day they are offloaded from a vessel) of shark fisheries around the globe is $630 million per year, but has been in decline over the past 10 to 15 years, the researchers said. [On the Brink: A Gallery of Wild Sharks]

Approximately 38 million sharks are killed each year to meet the demands of the controversial shark fin industry, which uses the fins to make shark fin soup, a dish that is considered a delicacy in some Asian countries. Sharks are often thrown back into the ocean to die after their fins have been removed.

But, there are other important reasons to promote shark conservation beyond economics, Cisneros-Montemayor said. For one, sharks play a vital role in the ecosystem of the oceans.

“Studies have found that if you remove top predators, like sharks, you change the structure of the ecosystem itself,” he explained. “This significantly changes the ecosystem, and it puts you in danger of all kinds of bad things happening.”

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fuckasianrestaurantowners, SharkFinGreed, soupmyass

Sharks Fin Soup Bans Don’t Stop Strong Demand

Strong demand for Shark Fin Soup is pissing people off and if Asian restaurant owners don’t wake up to why,THE WORLD WILL REFUSE TO EAT in their restaurants..period.

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heck out @Anon4dolphin’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/Anon4dolphin/status/1110908609146339331?s=09

Operation Dolphin ByCatch: France’s Atlantic Coast

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Bay of Biscay, dolphinDefense, France, vesselsstrikedolphins

Operation Dolphin ByCatch: France’s Atlantic Coast

Launched in February with Sea Shepherd France and the M/Y Sam Simon, our dolphin defense campaign exposes the thousands of dolphins killed by commercial fishing vessels each year in the Bay of Biscay. Our goal is to put pressure on the French government to require fisheries observers on all commercial fishing vessels, enforce the accurate reporting of bycatch, and ban fishing practices that contribute to these needless bycatch casualties threatening the very existence of dolphins on France’s Atlantic Coast.

Canada: End Captivity for Whales and Dolphins

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https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-ca/536/687/943/canada-end-captivity-for-whales-and-dolphins/