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Sea Shepherd warns protest ship could be lost within 30 days
The fish conservation group Sea Shepherd has less than a month to raise the US$1.4 million needed to free its flagship the ‘Steve Irwin’ which is being held in the Shetland Islands. If, not, it seriously risks losing the protest vessel, the organisation has warned.
The boat, named after the late Australian TV conservationist who was also known as "The Crocodile Hunter", was detained in Lerwick two days ago after the Maltese bluefin tuna farming company Fish & Fish filed a successful lawsuit in a Scottish Court over alleged damage sustained during a clash between Sea Shepherd protestors and the company's fishing activities off the coast of Libya last year.
It was about to leave Lerwick to take part in a whale hunt protest around the Faroe Islands when the authorities stepped in.
Last night Captain Paul Watson, the Steve Irwin's skipper, claimed his "ship was being held captive by the British courts".
In a video appeal for public support, he warned: "If the US$1.4 million bond is not paid within 30 days, we could lose the ship because under British law the ship could be seized and sold and those funds held in trust pending the result of the court case."
He added: "It is a lot of money but it is absolutely essential we get over to the Faroe Islands to protect the whales and then down to the Southern Ocean to resume our campaign against the Japanese whaling fleet.
The lives of whales are worth far more than over a million dollars, but if you help us it would be appreciated not just by but by our clients - the whales. Capt Watson said the Sea Shepherd organisation wanted to go to court because it had the evidence and documentation to "expose a lot of illegal fishing activities."
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Meta l-ligi taghmel sens, ghandha tigi rrispettata, naqblu.
Meta l-ligi tipprotegi biss lis-sinjur u tigi taqa' u tqum minn speci shiha, allura jkun hemm bzonn li tintrema' goz-zibel.
Jekk forsi segwejt il-grajjiet tal-Bluefin ta' dawn l-ahhar snin, kont tkun taf li l-komunita' xjentifika taqbel li l-Bluefin qeghda fil-periklu tal-estinzjoni.
Meta speci shiha hija fil-periklu, allura mhux talli n-nies ma tistax tiehu l-ligi f'idejha, anzi GHANDHA tiehu l-ligi f'idejha.
Qed nistenna z-zmien li jithabbar li l-Bluefin gie estint, ma fadalx minnhu. Umbaghad lil min ha nfittex jien? Lil Ministru Pullicino jew ta' qablu Borg? Lil Caruana tal-Fish and Fish jew Azzopardi?
Il-quddiem, jekk l-affarijiet jibqghu sejrin hekk u ma jifdalx Bluefin, kulhadd ha jahsel idejh u tara kif qishu hadd ma kellhu tort.
Kunu afhu li l-quddiem intom li qed tappogjawhom, ha tkunu hatja daqshom!
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Sur Caruana - Ghandek kemm ghandek ragun ma tistax tiehu l-ligi f'idejk.
Galadarba qed jghidu li ghandhom il-provi, ghax ma marrux il-qorti nternazzjonali?
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L-interess ta' Malta tassew ghandhu jigi l-ewwel, imma l-interess ta' Malta huwa li l-ibhra jibqghu f'sahhithom, il-qabdiet sosstenibbli u l-biodiversita' ma tigix meqruda!!
L-interess ta' Malta m'huwiex il-but ta' erba' businessmen!
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Jalla jinsabu innocenti u jalla min qed jaqbad Tonn barra mil-kwota jkollhu jhallas tad-danni!
Argument fuq HUTA?!
Jekk il-Bluefin tigi estinta, ha ggibha int lura Guzi?!
Minhabba x-xehha tal-ftit, ha jbatu l-hafna!
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L'interess ta' Malta ghandu jigi l-ewwel. Il-hut li ma naqbdux ahna xorta ser jaqbdu haddiehor. U l-azzjoni tal-SS xorta kienet illegali, terrorizmu ghalija. Weggghu u setghu inqatlu maltin, ghal bicca argument fuq huta! J'Alla jinstabu hatja, u jinbieh il-vapur biex tithallas il-multa.
Hudu ezempju mill-amerikani - dawk ma jahsbuwieh darbtejn biex ifarrku pajjiz shih meta l-interessi tagghom jigu miffiefsa. Fejn kienu l-patrol boats biex jiprotegu l-interess tal-Malti? Pajjiz bla bajd, insomma...
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Mela l-Mediterran tieghek kalaktus?!
Sewwa jaghmlu jigu u nispera li nergghu narawhom mal-istagun tat-tonn li jmiss.
Ix-xjentisti diga' qalulna li l-Bluefin qeghda fil-periklu tal-estinzjoni u li l-qabda taghhom ghandha tieqaf ghal ftit zmien sabiex dawn jergaw jirkupraw.
Issa la ma jifdalx iktar minn dan it-tonn, immur insaqsi lis-Sur Caruana tal-Fish and Fish x'ser naghmlu!
Jalla il-quddiem inkunu nistghu nfittxuhom bil-qrati lil dawn kollha li qed jeqirdu l-ambjent u l-biodiversita' ghax-xehha ta' bwiethom.
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Misom tal fish farms arqu I'll vapur mil lewwel,b hekk nehilsu minom darba al dejjem.u namlu pjecir lil gappun ukoll xejn xejn.dawn xminaliom jithlu fil medditteran u jamlu li jridu jew?
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@ tarxieniz1:
Il-kawza ma nqatatx u hemm possibilta' li kollox idur kontra l-ghaziz haddiem Malti taghkom! Capt.Watson stqarr li ghandhu bizzejjed provi biex juri li l-hut kien inqabad illegalment. Jekk dan huwa l-kaz, aqta' kemm jidhak is-Sur Caruana tal-Fish and Fish!
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@ Silent Citizen
Ahjar il-haddiem Malti jara xi hsara qed jaghmel lill-istocks tal-Bluefin Tuna.
Hasra li ma tiffirmax b'ismek ghaliex il-quddiem, meta din il-huta tigi estinta, kont nipprova nibatlek messagg u nsaqsik, "KUNTENT ISSA?"
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X'jippretendu dawn? Wara li ghamlu hsara lil vapur malti, wara li ghamlu hsara lil fish farm. Jaqbdu u jidhlu fejn ma jessahhomx u jippretendu li jaghdduha lixxa. Mela jekk hemm bzonn jinbieh il-vapur taghhom biex minn sofra hsara minn ghandhom ikun jista jithallas.
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DIL-HAGA MISSHOM RAWHA QABEL GHAMLU L-HSARA LIL VAPUR TAS-SAJD MALTI - U NATURALMENT LIL HADDIEMA MALTIN.
