Canada Places Sea Shepherd ship Under Surveillance - 12 hours from the seal hunt

[Annces]

This morning the Farley Mowat reported at 1030 Hours (AST), a black-and-yellow aircraft from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, radio call sign C-GGAO, circled the M/Y Farley Mowat. It made several passes. They attempted to hail the ship several times.

After a barrage of radio hails, they instructed the Farley Mowat to switch to Channel 10 on the Marine VHF and read, per verbatim, the decree of the Minister of Transport warning Sea Shepherd not to enter Canadian waters. They then took off north in the direction of Halifax.

Sea Shepherd captain Alex Cornelissen attempted to respond to the Coast Guard aircraft but the Coast Guard did not acknowledge the call.

The Farley Mowat has right of free passage inside the Canadian two hundred mile limit but will respect the Canadian government's order to stay outside of Canadian territorial waters as defined by the 12 mile territorial limit. Most of the seals are slaughtered outside the 12 mile limit.

Heavy ice is preventing most of the sealing vessels from reaching the seals. The Farley Mowat was approximately 12 hours from the ice as of 1000 Hours.

http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_080328_1.html

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1. here we go again, killing the last of the planet's marine mammals

:puke: Just sent money to Sea Shepherd :applause:

[flvegan]

2. Sea Shepherd MUST be doing something right.

The Japanese send a vessel to tail them. The Canadians send a chopper when they're half a day out.

My, my, my, but for a little organization with a small budget, you certainly have two large governments pretty f*cking scared of you.

[Annces]

3. I agree

No one else is really pushing the envelope. Humane Society just asks for permits and then leaves things alone. Those sealers can be violent, and there is more media attention I think than previously.