Sea Shepherd’s latest brazen act of piracy involved the illegal boarding of a Japanese whaling vessel, with the captain being presented with an order to surrender to Sea Shepherd to face trial for attempted murder and to pay the group millions in restitution for supposedly sinking the Ady Gil.
The former skipper of the Ady Gil apparently approached the whalers on a jet-ski, hacked his way through safety netting and then clambered aboard the ship, intent on presenting the ship’s captain with a $3,000,000 bill for sinking his last ship, and demanding that the ship surrender to Sea Shepherd to face impartial Australian justice for the attempted murder of 6 Sea Shepherd pirates.
The Japanese ignored these theatrics and detained the intruder.
The boring Japanese version of events:
The Captain of the Shonan Maru No.2, a vessel in the Japanese Antarctic Research Program (JARPA II), gave notice today to the skipper of the former Ady Gil, Mr Peter Bethune, a New Zealand national, that in line with the Japanese Mariners Act he was taking necessary measures and restrained Mr Bethune.
Mr Bethune illegally boarded the Shonan Maru No.2 at 09:00 JST February 15 after using a knife to cut the vessel’s protection net. At that time, Mr Bethune cut his left thumb and has since received medical treatment from the Japanese crew. The Ady Gil skipper told the crew that, after boarding the Shonan Maru No.2, he had thrown the knife into the sea.
Mr Bethune is being held in custody on board the Shonan Maru No. 2. Besides the protective net tearing there is no damage to the Japanese vessel nor are there any injuries to the crew.
Doubtless Sea Shepherd’s version will include the hapless skipper being plucked from water by wicked whalers, injuring his thumb as he dodged a harpoon, only to be captured and forced to eat mercury laced whale meat by a gloating Japanese captain.
The ICR states in its Japanese press releases that it “cannot deny that we or another government agency may undertake legal measures in response to this illegal boarding of a Japanese ship,” however its English press release states only that the intruder is “in custody” aboard the vessel.
The Japanese foreign ministry issued the usual spineless platitudes, saying the incident was “regrettable”:
“We yet have not clarified his intention. Once we confirm the fact and nationality of the ship he belongs to, we would post strong protest and urge them to take an appropriate action.”
In previous incidents intruders were simply handed back to Sea Shepherd to continue raiding, so it seems they simply intend to ask Sea Shepherd to “take action” against one of their own.
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Just wait till Sea Shepherd enters the Grand Line. His little shenanigans won't go down well there.
sea sheperds are whale otakus
and the australian press are not reporting these shame tactics by the sea shitboat to their fellow australians.....
i rmba the last bit of news released was the 'japs' crashed into their ship.....
i'll second that.. wait a second, the aussie media not reporting crap? whats this place coming to
what a disgrace to the pirate name. they should watch some one piece or something.
Arrrrrr! I agree.
that intruder should've eaten the gomu gomu no mi and then he wouldn't have to get injured by a fence... newb
If they learned from One Piece, they'd be eating the whales, not saving them.
Unless they're trying to find a specific whale...
Try harder.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/15/2820287.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/16/2821291.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/16/2820800.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/17/2821922.htm
It's interesting to see the difference between what gets reported on either side, of course.
i know it may be a stupid American idea but i firmly believe in "you break it , you bought it" , taking the law into your own hands is bad but they did sink it so they should have to pay
When you taunt another vessel and zip in and out before it, you deserve it. Plus that vessel PURPOSELY blocked another vessel. That vessel was built for speed and not to 'block' another vessel.
Think of it this way: What would you do if someone suddenly cut in front of you when you are driving a car and stopped when you are going 60 miles per hour? OR a pedestrian that suddenly stops moving at a cross walk?
Now arm that pedestrian with a paint gun and he shoots your car window. What then?
They are terrorists of a different radical nature. Why don't they offer an alternative job if they are so set upon changing their way of living?
theyare tuna otaku once in a while
Duh, when you don't get any new whale you have to love the tuna for some time.
I love you for this comment.
They need to make an example of him. This is getting stupid. Either try him in Japan or make him walk the plank in shark infested waters. They're getting more brazen because the fishers aren't doing anything.
Their fishing boats probably have harpoons that are going to waste.
Pirates demanding justice to be served. The hypocrisy...
Just shove that kiwi overboard. He'll fulfill his role as a shepherd by serving as food for his aquatic carnivores
what justice is there to be served in Australia? banning DFC and female orgasm... OUTRAGEOUS!!!!
Wrong country, see post above yours.
"skipper of the former Ady Gil, Mr Peter Bethune, a New Zealand national..."
You anons really make me laugh. Try reading. It works
Correct country. Read original post. They want to take him (Japanese captain) to an Australian court of law.
Makes me feel bad to be Austrailian.. well Viet.. but still live here
A trial might be what they are hoping for.
One of the complaints (even getting away from these twits) is that no one with any standing has taken the Japanese government to court over their whaling. This could be one of the reasons the Japanese government keeps 'caving' and letting them go. An actual trial, even if the whaling is not the actual topic, could result in some official questions being asked.
This. It's widely known that Japan in particular regularly and grossly exceeds the agreed upon international quotas for various species, although all the whaling nations pretty much exceed them.
If it weren't for the ecological loss, I'd say let the Japanese go full force and strip the oceans of tuna and whale; that would leave them nothing to eat nearby but Koreans and Chinese, which would inspire the return of the glorious Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere/Farm.
Japan doesn't exceed the quotas. If that were the case, Sea Shepherd could easily take legal action against Japan and flat-out stop whaling. But they can't sue- Japan isn't breaking any rules.
not to mention the actual number of whales they take is such a drop in the bucket. I used to be on the whalers side till I actually looked up some numbers. You can't just look at the number they take, you have to compare it to the global population, the actual percentage is somewhere around a tenth of a percent.
Japanese state they kill whales for "research purposes" (veeery convincing...) and if a whale "accidently" get into their nets.
Piracy is not the solution, but nobody else stands up against the massacre. :( Only some environmental education would help.
They got to start packing some heat.
Nah, just launch a harpoon, it would be much funnier.
this is going to continue until some severe reaction from Japan or a Japanese fisherman gets killed in this stupid shit.
Japanese would react to a death of their fellow countrymen if that happen.
lets get a ship out there called Thousand Sunny and sling giant rubbers with a fist at the end- at them faux pas pirates.
yeah fuck you all haters . Sea Shepherd is awesome
I don't acknowledge people's opinions when they don't have a face.
:3
just hurry up and declare war
My goodness, stop being a spineless wuss and press charges already. What are they going to do, wait for a whaler to get killed?
"It's regrettable that someone has died in an incident like this. We'll make sure to complain loudly when we find out which ecoterrorists were responsible."
I doubt a whaler would get killed. Such activists are usually very timid about taking any extreme measure. A member of Sea Shepherd is more likely to be killed first.
Am I the only one who opposes the whaling that's done? I mean, if they're only hunting whales that have stable populations, it's ok, but I can't stand the disingenuous audacity of claiming they're doing it for "research". Research into what? More efficient canning methods?
No, but you're probably the only clueless one here. Lots of people here oppose the whaling. We just can't take seriously the joke that the Sea Shepherds have become. If they sold their damn boat and bought some ad time on Japanese TV it would be much more sensible and effective. These guys just want fame and could care less about the whales.
wtf are you talking about , buy time on japanese TV talk show to get attention . No one gives a fuck unless you go to extreme measures . Environmentalists were screaming for past 30 years and no one was listening .
Because nobody cares about the environment!
You might - me for this, but it's the truth. Only those weirdos at studying humanities like anthropology or something like that actually do.
If anything, environmentalists just need a better approach. Like... making a movie...oh wait.
Wow we are screwed.
the truth is unless your are one of those weirdos you don't understand the harm we are doing to our planet, but also these fishermen have families they need to feed, of course its not impossible for them to get other jobs but people resist change and thats the way its gonna stay
"timid about taking extreeme measures"
A grenade/rpg doesnt change its nature just because someone replaces the explosive charge with a small detonator and fills it with an "environmentally friendly" acid.
Neither do i consider trying to play dodgems with a however-many tonne whaling ship "timid" or sane for that matter.
Whether u agree with whaling or not, the point of most of these comments is that the only thing sea douchecake's methods are achieving is giving the media a tvgasm.
i also don't agree to whaling endagered species for "research", but they're just wasting the supporters money and everyone else time. Juust like what rockbottom said good old fashion tv propaganda would work much better than looking like a stupid attention whore in the middle of the freezing ocean...
"1986: S.S. activists ordered to leave Faroese waters during whale harvest. Ignoring the order, Faroese police try to board the S.S. S.S. crew fires a line rifle and throw signal flares at police dingy. Petrol was poured into the water around the dingies and flares were used in what was preceived by the police to be an attempt to set the petrol on fire."
"2002: Arrest warrent issued in Costa Rica for Paul Watson for attempted murder and destruction or property resulting from an altercation with a Costa Rican fishing vessel."
"2002: "We should never feel like we're going too far in breaking the law" - Paul Watson, Animal Rights convention 2002"
Add to that all of the attempted and successful sinkings of marine vessels by the Sea Shepherds, it doesn't seem unlikely that they will eventually draw first blood.
I've never heard of them actually sinking a ship. And I would still call what they do timid. The "acid" they use is the chemical that is used in stink bait - bait used for catching catfish and some other fish. Lemon juice would burn you worse. It's not like they're using AK-47s and RPGs; they're making the boat smell bad.
As for media whoring, yes, that much seems plausible. I just wonder if TV spots and ads would actually do anything. Sea Shepherd doesn't really engender sympathy though.
P.S. I wouldn't call myself clueless, I might be the only one of you that's actually watched an episode of Whale Wars.
But Whale Wars was mostly scened and directed to portray Sea Shepherds in a positive light. It's just sensational bullshit.
They are using rpg's, maybey not your stock standard terrorist variant, but there a numberous pictures showing it, most posted by them, and their site even admits to "firing (acid) rockets" at the whaling ships.
High explosive, or just a small detonator, the fact is they're propelling an explosive/high pressure charge towards another vessel, it might be an irritant as opposed to harmfull, but so is taking a boat load of hostages... if everyone co-operates.
All that said, no-one's gonna bring either or them to justice, SS, with their media stints have turned it into 2 kids slapping each other in a playground. Best thing to do if thats happening: sit back and laugh as they humiliate themselves
Just ad high explosive RPG'S AK-47, and DAM thats a show i would watch
I support the sea shepherd, but jumping on board the whaling ship to arrest the captain is a pretty stupid thing. Their better of just harassing them.
Have you even read the history of the Sea Shepherds before?
Their leader tried to commit murder of an entire ship before, just read this chronological list of their past violent activities, and they're all accurate since they're from news and credible sources:
http://www.highnorth.no/library/movements/Sea_Shepherd/se-sh-re.htm
Their organization is controlled by a bunch of murderers, plain and simple.