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If/when the whale killing begins again i hope you get the chance to intervene to prevent it. Unfortunately nothing has been heard in the general UK media about the demonstrations you have attempted.

Best wishes to all who oppose whaling.

So where are the other hunters? HUNTING!!!!

While you are chasing the factory ship, the hunters can kill as many whales as they can, collecting them all at one spotter-ship. Ready to be turned over to the factory ship that will will meet them in a few days. Do you think these guys are stupid or what?

Not really a smart move right?

I have so much respect for you guys...

Thank you so much for your updates. I check the weblog frequently to see how you guys are doing. Re: the unknown hunter: is this a Japanese vessel? Who else would be seeking to turn the Sanctuary into killing fields? Is there any possibility that the Japanese are being joined by Norwegian or Icelandic killers at this time?
I am also wondering about your fuel supplies, concerned that the Japanese may be trying to expend your reserves, if they have more onboard resources available to them.
Finally, please can you tell us what has happened to the Arctic Sunrise? Given that she is a slower ship, is she planning to join you again in this crazy chase?
Please stay vigilant. Evil is cunning and knows few bounds. But you have the love of the world behind you, and the force of our prayers. Peace, Arianne

FROM THE SEA SHEPHERD WEBSITE:
Japanese Warship Enroute to Defend Whalers?

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has received a tip from a reliable source in Japan, that Japan has dispatched a warship to the Southern Ocean for the purpose of protecting their whaling fleet from interference by whale conservation activists. This may explain why the Japanese fleet has not been whaling since December 24. The fleet seems to be running in circles, stopping and going in different directions.

The Japanese Institute of Cetacean Research has made an open accusation of piracy and eco-terrorism against the Greenpeace Foundation and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. If Japan adopts the false accusations that acts of piracy have been committed against their ships, they can use the accusations as an excuse under international law, to attack and seize the ships they accuse.

Per the United Nations Convention on the Sea:

Article 105 of the Law of the Sea states, in part:
Seizure of a pirate ship or aircraft
On the high seas, . . . every State may seize a pirate ship . . . The courts of the State which carried out the seizure may decide upon the penalties to be imposed . . .

Japan may present an argument that they have grounds to intervene. Hiroshi Hatanaka, the Director General of the Institute of Cetacean Research, specifically cites Article 101 of the Law of the Sea.

Articles 101 and 103 of the Law of the Sea state, in part:
Articles 101 – Definition of piracy
Piracy consists of any of the following acts: (a) any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and directed: (i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship; . . .

Articles 103 – Definition of a pirate ship or aircraft
A ship or aircraft is considered a pirate ship or aircraft if it is intended by the persons in dominant control to be used for the purpose of committing one of the acts referred to in article 101. . . .

In effect, all the Japanese have to do is decide that Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd ships are in violation of Article 101 to intervene. It gets complicated because Article 105 only permits seizures on the high seas and the Japanese fleet is actually operating not on the high seas but in the waters of the Australian Antarctic Territory. However, Japan does not recognize this territory and may see a military intervention in Australia's seas as a test for challenging Australian sovereignty.

Captain Paul Watson once again calls upon Australia to send a naval vessel to the Australian Antarctic Territory to keep the peace and also to represent Australia’s territorial interests in Antarctica.

The Sea Shepherd ship Farley Mowat is presently in pursuit of the Japanese whaling fleet in the waters off the Banzare Coast of Antarctica where the whalers are in violation of numerous international conservation laws and regulations.

Good to see you chasing the factory ship. Maybe you will chase them all the way back to Japan. But where are the other ships? Where is Artic Sunrise?
We here in Wahington all hope you have safe and successful new year.

Keep up the great work guys, our thoughts are with you all. Wishing you all a fabulous New Year!

Just wondering... Why are you chasing and harassing the factory ship when it is the other vessels that are actually killing the whales?

Otherwise keep up the good work :)

campagne in french for you? andréas

http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/dolphinus/messages

campagne in french for you? andréas.

http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/dolphinus/messages

Always dismayed by the comments of the likes of Peter ..... nobody expects Greenpeace to be able to stop the slaughter .... minimising it is the best we can hope for.

We know you guys don't have the capacity to stop the whaling. You've never claimed you have.

But we also know that every minute you tie up the hunters when they get back to the mother ship is another minute they're not out there killing. We also know you bring the slaughter to the world's attention and that one day the pressure will tell.

We also know that your action ensures the hunters know their actions are being monitored ... the IWC isn't there monitoring their killing.

You also make every gram of whale meat that hits the market more expensive for the consumers .. and that has to be a good thing.

Perhaps Peter will increase his monthly contribution to Greenpeace ... if we all do that then maybe you'll have more ships there next year and slow the killers down even more.

Keep up the good work .... the majority are with you every wet and cold inch of the way.

Happy New Year all onboard!You are doing a fantastic service for humanity..watch out for those sneaky pirates..They are bad news..hope you have plenty of fuel-I know you have plenty of passion & enough stamina to get through see ya lindax