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 Sea Shepherd Campaign Status - Operation Blue Rage 2011 - In March 2010, CITES refused to list bluefin tuna as an endangered species due to pressure from Japan, China, and Libya. When a fish reaches the average price of $75,000 USD, banning its trade can upset many people, and apparently the controversy was too much to take for the CITES. ...read more
Tuna Battle off the Barbary Coast - Sea Shepherd’s Operation Blue Rage 2011 has certainly enraged Tunisian fishermen operating on Melita Bank, roughly 70 nautical miles off the Libyan coast and 20 miles inside the NATO no fly zone. Sea Shepherd is searching only for illegal fishing operations. ...read more
Sea Shepherd Saves the Life of a Tunisian Tuna Fisherman - At 1100 hours, as Sea Shepherd’s the Brigitte Bardot was passing a group of Tunisian purse seiners, our vessel was hailed on Ch.16 by a fishing vessel in French. We were informed that a fisherman onboard the Tijani had sliced his wrist and required urgent medical attention. ...read more
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The bluefin tuna is being pushed towards extinction by illegal fishing, and Sea Shepherd is going to do everything in our power to put the brakes on it!
Our flagship vessel Steve Irwin and the newly rechristened Brigitte Bardot are in the Mediterranean where we will combat the illegal overfishing of bluefin tuna. We will do everything we can within the bounds of international law to protect this magnificent and important species.
Learn more about Operation Blue Rage 2011 . . .
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