Sea Shepherd Update From the Frontlines March 2023

Cetacean Action Treasury Reports Progress
on Vaquita Refuge Enforcement

Dear John,

Cetacean Action Treasury’s Executive Director Kristin Nowell released a report that provides further evidence of a reduction in the illegal fishing activity that threatens the Vaquita Porpoise.

This report validates Sea Shepherd's on-going campaign to save the world’s most endangered marine mammal. 2022 ended with Sea Shepherd’s Operation Milagro reporting a 79% reduction in total hours of the illegal fishing activity in the Vaquita Refuge’s Zero Tolerance Area (ZTA) that has brought the Vaquita to the edge of extinction. 2023 began with Sea Shepherd and the Mexican Government welcoming a new Sea Shepherd ship into Operation Milagro.

Read more HERE.

Sea Shepherd’s Operation Revillagigedo Launches 7th Season of Whale Activism

Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico - Sea Shepherd’s vessel, Martin Sheen, returned to the largest marine protected area in the North American continent to advance the science around whales and increase our ability to protect them. In partnership with CONANP, Mexico’s Commission of Natural Protected Areas, Sea Shepherd is embarking on the seventh season of this critical work. Working with Dr. Hiram Rosales, Dr. Jorge Urbán, and their teams from Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS), this mission studies the prevalence, health, and behavior of humpback whales around the Revillagigedo Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage site located 300 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas on Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. Humpback whales migrate to this area to mate and nurse their calves, making this region an incredibly significant whale breeding ground.

Exclusive Pre-order of Revillagigedo T-Shirt

As always, these campaigns are only possible because of YOUR support. Here is an exciting way to help Operation Revillagigedo; starting today you can pre-order our Unisex For the Oceans Operation Revillagigedo T-Shirt with more original artwork. Proceeds keep our ships, captains, crews, and volunteers out at sea helping whales and other endangered marine wildlife. Visit shop.seashepherd.org to pre-order your shirt now!

Sea Shepherd Socials in Spanish

We now have social media accounts entirely in Spanish where we share news, videos, and updates on our campaigns to protect marine wildlife worldwide!

Our Latin American Spanish social networks are as follows:

Facebook: /SSCSlatam
Twitter: /SSCSLatam
Instagram: seashepherdlatam

For the Oceans,

The Captains, Crews, and Staff
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society