Vanuatu children
Photo: Carolina A Castro / Sea Shepherd

Crew Photo
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Sea Shepherd crew aboard Nai'a looking for humpbacks
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Julie, Paul, and Simon aboard skiff after whale interaction
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Rene Fernandez aboard Nai'a skiff heading off to drop in on whales 
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Sid and Enforcement Officer 
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Simon, Julie, Sid, and Leakana
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Bardot crew portrait 
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Angelo Seru 
Photo: Carolina A Castro / Sea Shepherd

Julie Andersen holding teeth 
Photo: Paul Wildman / Sea Shepherd

Julie Andersen 
Photo: Sarah Fisk / Sea Shepherd

Tonga: Mother humpback pushes calf to surface to breathe 
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Tonga: Humpback mother and calf cruise by
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Tonga: Humpback mother and calf cruise by
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Tonga: Humpback breaching
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Whale tail diving
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Deborah Bassett alongside humpbacks
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Humpback cruising by for a close look
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Two humpbacks come by for a close look
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Two humpbacks come by for a close look
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Deborah Bassett humpback encounter
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Bull shark and Brandon
Photo: Erwin Filius / Sea Shepherd

Nigali
Photo: Erwin Filius / Sea Shepherd

Sharks
Photo: Erwin Filius / Sea Shepherd

Silvertip shark
Photo: Erwin Filius / Sea Shepherd

Healthy Namena Reef
Photo: Erwin Filius / Sea Shepherd

Samoa: Tuna and frigates chasing baitfish
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Solomon Islands: Honaria war canoes paddle in with the SSS Brigitte Bardot in the background
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Litslits Vanuatu: Community Sea Shepherd talk
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Litslits Vanuatu: Lakatoro Village photo op with Sea Shepherd crew
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Litslits Vanuatu: Local school Sea Shepherd shark talk
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Vanuatu: School children with the Sea Shepherd flag
Photo: Carolina A Castro / Sea Shepherd

Sea Shepherd crew visit Tonga school
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Sea Shepherd crew and school kids out on the skiff
Photo: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd

Angelo Smith lines
Photo: Carolina A Castro / Sea Shepherd

Julie Andersen hugs a local school kid
Photo: Deborah Bassett / Sea Shepherd

Julie Andersen speaking to the children
Photo: Deborah Bassett / Sea Shepherd

Proud parents
Photo: Deborah Bassett / Sea Shepherd

Julie Andersen speaks to the Taveuni children
Photo: Deborah Bassett / Sea Shepherd

Julie Andersen gives hi-fives all around
Photo: Deborah Bassett / Sea Shepherd

Local newspaper reports the combined efforts of Fiji and Sea Shepherd
Photo: Paul Wildman / Sea Shepherd

Deborah Bassett and Julie Andersen with a local child
Photo: Paul Wildman / Sea Shepherd

Deborah Bassett and Julie Andersen pose with the school kids
Photo: Sarah Fisk / Sea Shepherd

Shark Angel Julie Andersen with dead raggedtooth shark caught in net. Photo: Paul Wildman, builtbywildman.com

Shark fins being prepared in Hong Kong restaurant. Photo: Paul Wildman, builtbywildman.com

Sharks illegally caught in Australia, finned in Indonesia.Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Shark Angel Julie Andersen with long line hook set to catch sharks. Photo: Paul Wildman, builtbywildman.com

A single port in Japan is responsible for killing over 1,000,000 sharks a year. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Highly threatened species caught in Australia for their fins. Photo: Julie Andersen Shark Angels

Fins from all over the world are shipped to Hong Kong and China for distribution. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Protected, immature whale shark and basking shark fins – openly displayed in Hong Kong. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Fins from all over the world for sale at a distributor. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Illegal basking and whale shark fins for sale in China. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Legal or illegal – it is difficult to know in the shark fin shops all over China. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Shark fins drying in the sun on a city street in Hong Kong. Recent studies indicate many of these fins originate in areas sharks are protected – like Cocos and Galapagos. Photo Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Mako sharks caught for their meat and fins – targeted intentionally by tuna fishermen. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Salmon sharks, killed en masse for their fins and livers. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Bowl of shark fin soup – sold for over $100 USD. Photo: Paul Wildman, Built by Wildman

Fins for sale in Hong Kong. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Gills of mobula ray being cut out for sale to high paying bidder. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Mobula ray caught in Indonesia. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Shark Angel Julie Andersen swims with manta. Photo: Paul Wildman, builtbywildman.com

Bags of manta and mobula ray gill rakers for sale in China. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Shark fins from many species – included protected whale and basking shark – for sale in China. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Sharks caught for their livers and fins. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Shark meat is far less valuable than shark fins but is often a “by-product”. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Shark jaws for sale. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Shark fins for sale in one of hundreds of stores in Hong Kong. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Turtle caught in a gill net is a tragic instance of bycatch. Photo: Paul Wildman, builtbywildman.com

Mako sharks intentionally targeted by tuna fisheries due to dwindling tuna catch. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Thousands of sharks killed for their fins by tuna fishermen, who no longer are catching tuna. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Shark caught in gill net with Shark Angel Julie Andersen. Photo: Paul Wildman, builtbywildman.com

Thousands of dead blue sharks landed in a single port on a single day. Photo: Julie Andersen, Shark Angels

Illegal whale shark and basking shark fins for sale in China. Photo: Paul Wildman, builtbywildman.com

Shark fins drying in the sun. Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Julie Andersen swims with a bull shark. Photo: Paul Wildman, BuiltbyWildman.com

Photo: Paul Wildman, builtbywildman

Photo: Julie Andersen, sharkangels.com

Shark Angel & Sea Shepherd Julie Andersen swims with tiger shark. Photo: Eric Cheng, echeng.com

Tiger shark caught in gill net. Photo: Steve Benjamin

Shark Angel Julie Andersen freeswimming with tiger shark. Photo: Roger Horrocks

Shark Angels Kim McCoy and Julie Andersen prepare to take the plunge. Photo: Eric Cheng, echeng.com

Photo: Rob Stewart

Future generation taking back their sharks! Photo: Jamie Pollack, sharkangels.org

Blacktip shark in Aliwal Shoal marine protected area. Photo: Simon De Waal

Protected tiger shark caught in an MPA killed by a shark net. Photo: Steve Benjamin

Photo: Rob Stewart

Hammerhead shark populations are down up to 98%. Photo: Rob Stewart

Sharks caught as bycatch by crab fishermen are thrown away as bycatch.

Highly endangered Basking Shark caught and killed as bycatch by shellfish fishery.

Photo: Rob Stewart

Industrial fishing leads to significant bycatch deaths of sharks.

Photo: Sijmon de Waal

Photo: Rob Stewart

Shark Angel Julie Andersen mourns the loss of several immature sharks – all that is left of a community’s shark population after just a year of shark fishing. Photo: Shawn Heinrichs

Shark fin soap for sale at Lush.

Founder Julie Andersen in the field. Photo: Shawn Heinrichs

Julie Andersen and Rob Stewart swim with tiger shark Emma. Photo: Jim Abernethy

Toronto goes Fin Free! Photo: Laura Bombier

Shark Angel Julie swims with sharks. Photo: Roger Horrocks

Shark fins for sale in a warehouse in Hong Kong. Photo by Gary Stokes

Shark fin for sale in dried seafood store. Photo by Gary Stokes

Shark fins for sale in Hong Kong. Photo by Gary Stokes

Immature whale shark fins for sale in Hong Kong. Photo by Gary Stokes

Thousands of fins drying in the sun in Hong Kong recently. Photo by Gary Stokes

Often fins are dried on city streets in Hong Kong. Photo by Gary Stokes

Shark fin being removed at port. Photo by Gary Stokes

Sharks awaiting finning. Photo by Gary Stokes

Shark meat is of little value and is often discarded. Photo by Gary Stokes

Shark being finned. Photo by Gary Stokes