August 08, 2008

International Contacts & Offices:

USA - INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

PO Box 2616
Friday Harbor WA 98250
USA

Tel: +1-360-370-5650
Fax: +1-360-370-5651
E-mail: info@seashepherd.org

AUSTRALIA

Suite 7, 288 Brunswick Street
Fitzroy, VIC 3065

Tel: + 61 3 9445 0323
E-mail: australia@seashepherd.org

BRAZIL - INSTITUTO SEA SHEPHERD BRASIL
Caixa Postal 17.501
Porto Alegre, RS
CEP 91010-972

E-mail: seashepherd@seashepherd.org.br
Website: www.seashepherd.org.br

CANADA

PO Box 48446
Vancouver, B.C. V7X 1A2

Tel: 604-688-SEAL (7325)
E-mail: canada@seashepherd.org

EUROPE

PO Box 92
2170 AB Sassenheim
The Netherlands

E-mail: europe@seashepherd.org

Belgium

PO Box 65
1840 Londerzeel
E-mail: belgium@seashepherd.nl

NETHERLANDS

Sea Shepherd Europe
PO Box 92
2170 AB Sassenheim
E-mail: info@seashepherd.nl

To make a direct bank deposit donation within The Netherlands, click here

UNITED KINGDOM

Sea Shepherd UK
BCM Bass
London WC1N 3XX

E-mail: uk@seashepherd.org

FRANCE

Sea Shepherd France
14, avenue de Messine
75008 Paris
FRANCE

France@seashepherd.org
www.seashepherd.fr

GALAPAGOS / ECUADOR

Sea Shepherd Galpagos
Av Charles Darwin Y Floreana, Oficina PB
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador

+593-97984645
e-mail: galapagos@seashepherd.org

SINGAPORE / ASIA

Block 503 #02-237
Pasir Ris St. 52
Singapore 510503

Tel: 65-9 684 0950
E-mail: grant@seashepherd.org


P.O. Box 2616, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 (USA) Tel: 360-370-5650 Fax: 360-370-5651

CONTACT SEA SHEPHERD


Contacts

Sea Shepherd contacts:


General or Campaign Information
info@seashepherd.org
Planned Giving and Estate Planning Information
plannedgiving@seashepherd.org
Donation Questions (including checking on a donation previously made or inquiring about donating either cash or material items)
donations@seashepherd.org
Outreach, Fundraising, and Onshore Volunteer Information
volunteer@seashepherd.org
Crewing Information and Crew Application Status
crew@seashepherd.org
(volunteering onboard a Sea Shepherd ship)
Place a Merchandise Order or Check on Status of an Order
store@seashepherd.org
Accounting Questions
accounting@seashepherd.org
(payables or receivables)

To provide Sea Shepherd with confidential information:
inform-us@seashepherd.org.


Information Needed

If you have information that will help Sea Shepherd in its efforts to protect marine wildlife in its major campaigns (such as activity, location, coordinates, etc.), you may submit it to us confidentially by e-mail:
inform-us@seashepherd.org


SEA SHEPHERD


Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was formally incorporated in the United States in 1981 in the state of Oregon. Previous to this, the idea of Sea Shepherd was formed when Captain Paul Watson founded the Earth Force Society in 1977 in Vancouver BC, Canada. The original mandate of both organizations was marine mammal protection and conservation with an immediate goal of shutting down illegal whaling and sealing operations, but Sea Shepherd later expanded its mission to include all marine wildlife.

With financial support from Cleveland Amory of the Fund for Animals, the society's first ship a North Atlantic sea trawler "the Westella" was purchased in Hull, England (UK) and renamed the Sea Shepherd. It's first mission was to the ice floes of eastern Canada to interfere with the annual killing of baby harp seals known as whitecoats.

In the same year, 1979, the Sea Shepherd hunted down and rammed the notorious pirate whaler the Sierra in a Portugal harbor ending its infamous career as the scourge of the seas.

The success of the seal campaign and the ramming of the Sierra was the start of Sea Shepherd's historical 160 voyages over the next 2 decades, enforcing international laws where no law enforcement existed - on the high seas.

Sea Shepherd continues to accomplish its mission by upholding and enforcing international treaties, laws and conventions of world governments.

Sea Shepherd is committed to the eradication of pirate whaling, poaching, shark finning, unlawful habitat destruction, and violations of established laws in the World's oceans.

To that end, Sea Shepherd assists national and international bodies in the enforcement of international law under authority of the United Nations World Charter for Nature.

Mission Statement

Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization whose mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world’s oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species.
Sea Shepherd uses innovative direct-action tactics to investigate, document, and take action when necessary to expose and confront illegal activities on the high seas. By safeguarding the biodiversity of our delicately-balanced ocean ecosystems, Sea Shepherd works to ensure their survival for future generations.

International Laws and Charters

Sea Shepherd campaigns are guided by the United Nations World Charter for Nature. Sections 21-24 of the Charter provides authority to individuals to act on behalf of and enforce international conservation laws.
Sea Shepherd cooperates fully with all international law enforcement agencies and its enforcement activities complying with standard practices of law and policing enforcement.
Sea Shepherd adheres to the utilization of non-violent principles in the course of all actions and has taken a standard against violence in the protection of the oceans.

The World Charter for Nature
U.N. Doc. A/37/51 (1982)

The International Whaling Commission (IWC)

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
March 3rd, 1973, Washington, D.C.

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
December 10th, 1982, Montego Bay

The Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
November 23rd, 1972, Paris, France

The Convention of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention (NAFO)

International Convention for Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT)

The Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
June 5th -16th, 1972, Stockholm, Sweden

ASEAN Agreement on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
July 9th, 1985, Kuala Lumpur

The Berne Convention

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is dedicated to working towards cooperative agreements between nations to protect species and habitats according to SSCS Mandate.


ABOUT US...

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THE ENCHANTED GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

SHARKWATER THE FILM

Photobucket For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas. Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between the Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives. Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth's history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed. Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind.