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OPERATION KRILL WARS / 2025

We are at a tipping point.

This has been documented over and over again. WE need to do more NOW! If we don’t stop the destruction of krill populations, the entire Antarctic ecosystem could collapse.

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  • For the first time in history, the Antarctic krill quota was reached in record time and the season was forced to close early.

  • Over 620,000 metric tons of krill were taken from the Southern Ocean in 2025.

  • Norway Aker BioMarine, supplier to salmon farms and pharma, account for 64% of that catch.

  • Now, Norway is proposing to double the krill quota to 1.2 million tons.

  • China has rapidly expanded its fishing fleet in the last 3 years.

  • While Russia recently arrested a top marine biologist who advocated for stricter krill fishing regulations.

  • Krill are the foundation of life in the Southern Ocean. They feed penguins, seals, whales, and help capture 20 million tonnes of CO₂ every year.

Remove krill, and everything unravels.
No krill, means no whales.
No whales, means ecological failure for our ocean planet, our home.

On January 17, 2026, as the High Seas Treaty comes into force and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation in collaboration with Sea Shepherd France will ignite KRILL WARS! We are preparing two ships The John Paul DeJoria and The Bandero to sail into harm’s way to protect krill from devastating extraction.

We have the ships. We have the crew. We have the plan.
Now we need your help to make it count.

$35 fuels one nautical mile of patrol.
$250 keeps live satellite evidence streaming.
$1,000 powers drone flights to expose krill vessels.
$25,000 funds a full day of operations at sea.

You can also become a Defender of Antarctica with a monthly gift!

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OPERATION JAIRO MORA / 2025

Jairo Mora Campaign

The Jairo Mora Campaign was created in honor of Jairo Mora Sandoval, who lost his life protecting leatherback turtles in Limón, Costa Rica. His legacy inspires us to continue the fight for the conservation of the five species of sea turtles that nest on our coasts, all of which are critically endangered.

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Today, sea turtles face multiple threats:

  • Illegal hunting for meat, especially on the Caribbean coast.
  • Clandestine sale of turtle eggs in bars and restaurants.
  • Bycatch and ghost nets that trap them at sea.

Our work goes far beyond returning turtles to the ocean. The greatest challenge is to raise awareness: helping people understand that wildlife and marine sanctuaries must be protected as a national treasure.

That is why we work together with coastal communities and other organizations to promote sustainable alternatives, environmental education, and respect for one of the oldest creatures on the planet.

In Costa Rica, turtle nesting takes place almost every month of the year. Each season brings a new opportunity to protect, educate, and transform the relationship between people and the ocean.

As part of this mission, we have developed a strong educational program for elementary school students. By 2026, our focus will expand to include secondary schools and to collect valuable scientific data on these wonderful species.

Our goal is clear: to support, unite, and raise social awareness so that sea turtles can have a future in Costa Rica and around the world.

We are driven by passion, inspired by conservation, and determined to defend marine sanctuaries.

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OPERATION COVE SIEGE / 2025

OPERATION COVE SIEGE

For six months of every year, Taiji becomes a place of suffering. Entire pods of dolphins, from Risso’s dolphins to melon-headed whales are hunted down. Some are butchered for meat, others are sold into captivity, condemned to a lifetime in tanks. This is not tradition. It is profit dressed up as culture and it continues because the world looks away.

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The Horrors

At first light, a fleet of boats leaves Taiji harbor with one mission: to track, trap, and kill free dolphins. Day after day they scour the ocean, stripping it of life and freedom.

The cruelty is hidden behind closed waters, but it is systematic, and it is graded like a scoreboard:

  • Blue Cove : hunters return with nothing.
  • Green Cove : dolphins are captured alive and sold into captivity.
  • Black Cove : dolphins are imprisoned overnight, their fate decided by the highest bid the next morning.
  • Red Cove : dolphins are slaughtered in the hundreds, often entire families wiped out in a single day.

This isn’t fishing, it is the commodification of freedom itself. If we continue to rob the ocean as if it were a limitless bank, the account will one day be empty.

Kunito

At 3:30am every morning, 59-year-old Kunito rises, gets on his bicycle, and makes his way to the cove. He does this knowing his town despises him. “They hate me,” he admits. Still, he keeps going.

At 26, Kunito suffered a heart attack. Despite ongoing medical risks, he has devoted his life to exposing what happens in Taiji. His presence is an act of defiance. His camera, his only weapon. He knows he could be arrested, yet he stands his ground because if he doesn’t, no one will.

Kunito is the guardian of the cove. He risks his health, his reputation, and his freedom so the world can no longer claim ignorance.

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GULF GUARDIANS / 2025

Rice’s Whale on the Brink of Extinction : 50 Left

The Rice’s whale, one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals, is in urgent peril, with only 50 whales left. They face constant threats to their survival.

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Oil and gas traffic: The Gulf of Mexico is a high-intensity industrial zone, home to thousands of platforms and shipping routes. Vessel traffic and seismic blasting flood the whale’s habitat with harmful noise, disorientation, and collision risk.

Ship strikes: Already fatal in some instances, these collisions are especially dangerous when whales rest at the surface at night.

Rollback of protections: In February 2025, the Trump Bureau of Ocean Energy Management rescinded precautionary measures, such as speed limits and on-deck spotters, that would protect this critically endangered species.

Time Is Running Out!

The government must :

  • Reinstate and enforce precautionary measures, like vessel speed limits, observer requirements, and mandatory distance buffers.
  • Stop oil and gas expansion in core and expanded habitat areas.
  • Designate critical habitat immediately, and implement enforcement to prevent degradation.

With so few Rice’s whales left, any policy rollbacks or delays can have irreversible consequences. How can we possibly let a whale species become EXTINCT!

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