Sea Shepherd raises €363,000 in one week

Anyone who wants to know about the illicit business "Fish and Fish" is normally involved in should refer to past shady dealings by this company. Such as: http://archive.maltatoday.com.mt/2008/11/26/t2.html ----------- "For example, the Fish & Fish tuna ranch holds what government claims are 210 tonnes (€4.2 million) of tuna caught by a Moroccan purse seiner, Le Marsouin. However, since this fish was not caught by an EU-flagged vessel, it should have been considered by Malta and the EU as an import of live bluefin tuna. As MaltaToday has already reported, no trace exists of this Moroccan import on the Eurostat trade database, or in the EU’s biannual statistics which record all imported tuna." ----------- No matter what "Fish and Fish" has done, the Maltese government will back it all as legal thanks to widespread corruption and criminal activity linked to this very profitable industry that is driving the blue fin tuna species to commercial extinction. http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?l=e&country=0&special=&monthyear=&day=&id=44797&ndb=1&df=0 "A survey carried out in La Maddalena harbour, in Cerdeña, has dug up a vast international bluefin tuna trafficking ring and found evidence for 1,000 administrative violations for about EUR 4 million. There are 70 suspects, who are being investigated. The fraud, which could involve organised crime groups, was carried out via the avoidance or falsification of the Bluefin Catch Documents (BCD) mandatory under European Union (EU) law concerning the fishing and trading of bluefin tuna -- an endangered species. " ----------- And if you want to know what traditional Maltese fishermen think about Sea Shepherd: http://www.fish2fork.com/news-index/maltas-traditional-fishermen-salute-sea-shepherd.aspx 'Charles Bugeja’s family boasts four generations of fishermen. Today his father’s vessel has been on land since May and the quota he was allocated was so low that it was reached within a few weeks. Bugeja said: “The Sea Shepherd people are doing what the government should have done to protect the tuna and the livelihood of traditional fishermen who have lived off the sea for generations. ” While he understood the decline in tuna populations now requires such measures, he was bitter that his family was suffering the consequences of a big commercial industry controlled by a few.'

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Dear oceandefender, first and foremost, I am Maltese, not English as you seem to have somehow concluded. Paul Watson needed to show his 'supporters' that he hadn't just spent a few weeks on holiday in the Mediterranean last summer for nothing.. he failed to point out that whilst he had attacked the nets after the season was closed, the tuna in the nets had been caught within the fishing season. Don't let this wannabe superhero fool you. And if you know how to do a basic google search, you can see for yourself how Sea Shepherd ships have been armed in several documented incidents. Paul Watson doesn't wear bulletproof vests for fun! Oh, and just in case you're bothering to follow the real story, a timesonline article has just confirmed that the Scottish court believes that Fish and Fish's case is genuine: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110730/local/Maltese-firm-succeeds-in-detaining-Sea-Shepherd-vessel.377937

Tweedledee.........u should change ur name to tweedledum..Paul Watson probably knows that if they are fishing tuna outside of allotted time then its illegal. When a ship is impounded the official is required under maritime law to provide documentation stating probable cause to do so, the official did not do that. You need to understand what a terrorist is, under most country's understandings, terrorists take hostages, kill people, Sea Shepherd has never done that. I guess you havent done YOUR research. The ships used by Paul Watson do not carry guns nor ammunition. Pirates exist, like Somali pirates, to rob other vessels of goods and money. Sea Shepherd has never robbed anyone. Nobody has been arrested for committing penal code crimes on the shepherd or irwin. Your claims dont stand up, I know your English and u should have done your homework because you dont know the truth.

@ tweedledee Who do you think pays the lobbyists to get higher quotas at the ICAAT? Surely not Capt.Watson or any tree-hugger! The whole business is corrupt, it's inevitable when BF tuna costs its weight in gold on the Japanese market. The scientific community gave clear warnings - if BF tuna is caught at the same current rate, it will be extinct in few years. P.S. What's wrong in hugging a tree?

I'm quite sure that would Fish & Fish have any doubt that they don't have a sound case against Sea Shepherd, they wouldn't have taken the case to court in the first place. After all, this is putting them and these eco-terrorists in the international limelight. Unfortunately, there are many tree-huggers that still support Sea Shepherd, and whilst they might lose the Steve Irwin, they'll buy Capt. Watson another ship in no time at all. This is not a case of supporting Sea Shepherd to support sustainable fishing. If anyone is to blame for overfishing it is the regulatory body ICAAT, not fish farms whose activities are under constant supervision by ICAAT. What Sea Shepherd did in this case concerning Fish and Fish, as well as in other cases involving whaling etc., is take the law in its own hands and use life-threathening tactics, in other words, piracy. Sorry but whoever is rooting for Sea Shepherd clearly hasn't done their research properly!

Once all the tuna have been fished to extinction, F & F and Azzopardi Fisheries can eat their money: - Hobz bil-zejt u flus Pizza al flus Salad bil flus Baked pie with spinache u flus

Fish and Fish until there is nothing left LTD!