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Crossing the Line - Greenpeace sees Japanese fleet out of the whaling grounds

28 February 2007

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza today escorted the Japanese whaling fleet out of Antarctic waters and beyond the area where the whaling fleet operates.

Greenpeace Statement on the Departure of the Disabled Whaling Ship Nisshin Maru

24 February 2007

At approximately 17.30 (New Zealand Daylight Time) the expedition leader of the Japanese government whaling fleet radioed the Greenpeace ship Esperanza to say the disabled Nisshin Maru plans to start sailing in three hours.

The MY Esperanza in the Southern Ocean. The Greenpeace vessel is on its way to offer assistance to the Japanese Whaling fleet's factory ship Nisshin Mauru after it caught fire. Greenpeace has offered to tow the factory ship out of the Whale Sanctuary and the pristine Antarctic Environment. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace Ready To Tow Stricken Japanese Whaling Ship Out of Danger and Prevent Potential Environmental Disaster in Antarctica

16 February 2007

The Greenpeace ship, Esperanza is less than twenty-four hours sailing from the disabled whaling factory ship, Nisshin Maru and has made a commitment to the fleet to assist the crew in any way possible and make an environmental impact assessment if needed. One crewmember of the Nisshin Maru is still missing and it is reported that the ship could be carrying approximately 1,000 tons of oil. The vessel is reported to be disabled less than 100 nautical miles from the largest Adelie penguin colony in the world.

We Love Japan, But Whaling Breaks Our Hearts

14 February 2007

Greenpeace activists took to the streets across the globe on Valentine's Day to send a message of love to Japan from twenty different countries, while at the same time demanding the government end high seas whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

Endangered Whales – Hunted, Stockpiled and Left to Rot on a Rubbish Dump

23 January 2007

The Icelandic government’s claims of sustainable whaling were harpooned this morning, after Greenpeace activists revealed that around 200 tonnes of meat and blubber from endangered fin whales are still in storage, waiting to be tested for chemical contamination and a further 179 tonnes of bones and entrails have been dumped and left to rot in a landfill site.

Greenpeace calls for whaling fleet to stay in port

14 November 2006

Despite international condemnation and little domestic support, a six-ship whaling fleet is due to sail from Shimonoseki in Japan tomorrow, with plans to hunt nearly 1,000 whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Greenpeace is calling on the Japanese government to keep the fleet in port, stop their fake research program and commit to protecting endangered species instead of hunting them.

44 activists from the Greenpeace ships Esperanza and Arctic Sunrise appeal for help in their campaign to end whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale sanctuary, by spelling out the words `Help End Whaling!’ using their bodies. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace Ship banned from St Kitts on eve of whale meeting.

21 June 2006

The Greenpeace ship [the] MY Arctic Sunrise has been refused entry to St Kitts, where it was due to arrive two days ago, ahead of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting which will open on the island on Friday. (1) No official reason has been given to the environmental organisation, despite repeated requests.

Clobal Day Of Action. Greenpeaceace activists make a symbolic whale tail graveyard in opposition to the Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean. Enlarge Image

17 Governments Join Greenpeace call for end to Southern Ocean Whaling

17 January 2006

Greenpeace welcomed today, on its global day of action to save the whales, a call submitted by 17 Governments to the Government of Japan to "cease its lethal scientific research on whales and assure the return of the vessels" from the Southern Ocean whale Sanctuary. (1)

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