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Fred Page

Date :07 June 2009

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I decided to go see the Steve Irwin in Brisbane; this was a unique opportunity as it is currently sealed off to the public for refitting and repairs. So because of the repairs/refitting, the footage on here is of the Steve Irwin is at its worse, its normally tidy... Unfortunately I had to cut a lot of footage as it had crews faces, plans, etc that cant be shown publicly on the net. I hope you understand, I tried my best to place together a video, but its hard to fully show/explain it unless you go visit yourself.For me the tour/discussions on the ship has totally changed my view on things. One very interesting topic we talked about was the arrest warrants we came to the conclusion that Japan knows they don\\\'t need to make the arrest warrants internationally recognised all they need is to keep them going by keep funding the arrests warrants to \\\'scare\\\' future crew away. He called it a \\ [More] [Less]

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$Video Info::<table><tr><td width='30%' valign='top'>Title</td><td width='1%' valign='top'>:</td><td width='89%'>Collision and confrontation with Japanese whaling fleet</td></tr><tr><td valign='top'>Details</td><td valign='top'>:</td><td>Despite repeated assaults by frustrated and increasingly violent Japanese whalers, the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin continues to stand guard behind the Japanese floating abattoir called the Nisshin Maru. The three Japanese harpoon boats are not in the area but the Sea Shepherd crew is prepared to obstruct them should they return. The Japanese have been accusing Sea Shepherd of trying to obstruct their props with ropes yet the whalers have been trying to do the same thing to the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin. They are accusing the Sea Shepherd crew of throwing rotten butter (which the Japanese refer to as \acid\) at them yet the whalers are throwing golf balls and chunks of metal at the Steve Irwin crew. In addition, the Japanese are blasting the Sea Shepherd crew with water cannons and Long Range Acoustical weapons - a sonic gun that causes disorientation, nausea and deafness. \I find it interesting that so called experts and politicians are quick to condemn Sea Shepherds tactics for upholding conservation law yet say not a word about the escalating physical violence directed at us by the whalers who are breaking the law,\ said Captain Paul Watson. \Their position of siding with the poachers seems to be that if we did not put ourselves in this situation we would not be experiencing such violence. The same could be said for any policeman and Sea Shepherd is not down here to protest whaling, we are down here to obstruct illegal whaling as defined under international conservation law. We are down here to enforce the law, not to break it.\ There is a legal precedent for Sea Shepherds intervention and that is the United Nation World Charter for Nature that allows for non-governmental organizations to uphold international conservation law and in Section 21(e) specifically in areas beyond national jurisdictions. The Japanese whale poachers have the advantage of superior ships, faster, more powerful ships, they have weapons and they have the support of their government that will defend whatever actions they take including the killing of our crew if that should occur. On February 6th, two incidents occurred where the Steve Irwin collided with harpoon vessels as they forced their way past the Steve Irwins blockade in their pursuit of their poaching activities. These collisions were not intentional on the part of Sea Shepherd. \Earlier we filmed a whale being illegally killed and we watched as that whale endured an agonizing death, thrashing about in its own blood for twenty-five minutes,\ said Captain Watson. \We view the killing of that whale as cold blooded murder and we are committed to doing everything we can, short of inflicting injuries ourselves, to protect these defenceless, gentle, intelligent and socially complex sentient beings.\ The harpoon boats have not returned to the Nisshin Maru since the last incident occurred at 1800 Hours on February 6th. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has made it clear to the government of Australia that our interventions which are becoming increasingly more dangerous because of Japanese aggression can be avoided by Peter Garrett and Kevin Rudd simply making good on their pre-election promise to take the Japanese whalers to court. \Because Garrett and Rudd have reneged on their promises to us, the people of Australia, we have been forced to defend these whales as Australian citizens in these hostile and remote waters simply because someone has to,\ said Andrew Perry of Hobart, Tasmania. http://worldagainstwhaling.webs.com/ http://www.seashepherd.org/</td></tr><tr><td>Category</td><td>:</td><td>Non Profit Orgs</td></tr><tr><td>Views</td><td>:</td><td>140</td></tr><tr><td>Votes</td><td>:</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Rating</td><td>:</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Downloads</td><td>:</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Added by</td><td>:</td><td>Fred Page</td></tr><tr><td>Date</td><td>:</td><td>2009-09-04 11:22:48</td></tr></table>$	Collision and c... Despite repeated assaults by frustrated and increasingly violent Japanese whalers, the Sea Shepherd ...
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$Video Info::<table><tr><td width='30%' valign='top'>Title</td><td width='1%' valign='top'>:</td><td width='89%'>The Steve Irwin in Newcastle Australia</td></tr><tr><td valign='top'>Details</td><td valign='top'>:</td><td>THE only protest vessel set to disrupt Japan\\s annual whale hunt in Antarctic waters has arrived in Newcastle, December 06, 2008, with crew expecting an even tougher confrontation than last year.Stopping for fuel and oil, Canadian captain Paul Watson said the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society\\s vessel, the Steve Irwin, would head off to harass a fleet of eight Japanese whaling ships in the Southern Ocean late on Saturday night.Captain Watson said he was expecting more heated scenes than he experienced a year ago, when two Sea Shepherd activists claimed they were mistreated by Japanese whalers after they boarded a harpoon boat to deliver an anti-whaling letter.After the pair was released, anti-whaling activists admitted to having thrown about 12 stink bombs at a Japanese whaling ship. As soon as we catch up with them (Japanese whalers) I\\m sure there will be a confrontation with them, Captain Watson said.We expect the Japanese whalers will be more aggressive this year than last, because they are becoming increasingly more difficult because they are losing more and more money.He said the Rudd Government had not shown support for his attempts to stop Japan\\s annual whale hunt.We don\\t have any bullet-proof vests because the Australian Government wouldn\\t let us bring them in, so that puts our crew\\s lives at risk, but we\\ll take whatever precautions we can, he said.He described the Government\\s attitude towards his mission as hostile. They\\ve been very passive-aggressive in trying to force us out of the country, he said.They\\ve been totally uncooperative. My crew and I have been hassled about immigration.We didn\\t have this problem with the previous government. It\\s ironic, considering I actually pushed for so many people to vote for Rudd and (Federal Environment Minister Peter) Garrett.Captain Watson said the Steve Irwin would stop in Hobart for more fuel and oil before it entered the Southern Ocean.He expects to catch up with the Japanese whalers between December 18 and December 25.A third of the 48 crew and passengers on board the Steve Irwin are from Australia. Others are from the US including actress Daryl Hannah and from Japan.Eight of those aboard the vessel are filming a program commissioned by Discovery Channel\\s program, Whale Wars.Captain Watson expects to remain at sea from December through to March.</td></tr><tr><td>Category</td><td>:</td><td>Non Profit Orgs</td></tr><tr><td>Views</td><td>:</td><td>141</td></tr><tr><td>Votes</td><td>:</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Rating</td><td>:</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Downloads</td><td>:</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Added by</td><td>:</td><td>Fred Page</td></tr><tr><td>Date</td><td>:</td><td>2009-06-13 13:58:52</td></tr></table>$	The Steve Irwin... THE only protest vessel set to disrupt Japan\\\'s annual whale hunt in Antarctic waters has arrived ...
	When the World ... The Nisshin Maru is blasting the crew on the Steve Irwin with high pressure water hoses and LRAD son...
$Video Info::<table><tr><td width='30%' valign='top'>Title</td><td width='1%' valign='top'>:</td><td width='89%'>Operation Musashi - Sea Shepherd is Coming...</td></tr><tr><td valign='top'>Details</td><td valign='top'>:</td><td>While in Santiago, Chile for the 60th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Sea Shepherd Conservation Society officially announced plans to return to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to once again oppose illegal Japanese whaling activities.This year\\s campaign, Sea Shepherd\\s fifth campaign to Antarctic waters, will be called Operation Musashi in reference to the legendary Japanese strategist, Miyamoto Musashi. Musashi\\s Book of Five Rings included the approach of the Twofold Way of Pen and Sword. Sea Shepherd\\s goal is to send two fast ships to the Southern Ocean with the purpose of continuously keeping the Japanese whaling fleet on the run.\\</td></tr><tr><td>Category</td><td>:</td><td>Non Profit Orgs</td></tr><tr><td>Views</td><td>:</td><td>215</td></tr><tr><td>Votes</td><td>:</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Rating</td><td>:</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Downloads</td><td>:</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Added by</td><td>:</td><td>Fred Page</td></tr><tr><td>Date</td><td>:</td><td>2009-06-07 16:13:12</td></tr></table>$	Operation Musas... While in Santiago, Chile for the 60th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Sea She...
$Video Info::<table><tr><td width='30%' valign='top'>Title</td><td width='1%' valign='top'>:</td><td width='89%'>Sea Shepherd M/Y Steve Irwin Tour</td></tr><tr><td valign='top'>Details</td><td valign='top'>:</td><td>I decided to go see the Steve Irwin in Brisbane; this was a unique opportunity as it is currently sealed off to the public for refitting and repairs. So because of the repairs/refitting, the footage on here is of the Steve Irwin is at its worse, its normally tidy... Unfortunately I had to cut a lot of footage as it had crews faces, plans, etc that cant be shown publicly on the net. I hope you understand, I tried my best to place together a video, but its hard to fully show/explain it unless you go visit yourself.For me the tour/discussions on the ship has totally changed my view on things. One very interesting topic we talked about was the arrest warrants we came to the conclusion that Japan knows they don\\t need to make the arrest warrants internationally recognised all they need is to keep them going by keep funding the arrests warrants to \\scare\\ future crew away. He called it a \\</td></tr><tr><td>Category</td><td>:</td><td>Non Profit Orgs</td></tr><tr><td>Views</td><td>:</td><td>501</td></tr><tr><td>Votes</td><td>:</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Rating</td><td>:</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Downloads</td><td>:</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Added by</td><td>:</td><td>Fred Page</td></tr><tr><td>Date</td><td>:</td><td>2009-06-07 15:44:10</td></tr></table>$	Sea Shepherd M/... I decided to go see the Steve Irwin in Brisbane; this was a unique opportunity as it is currently se...

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