# Captain Paul Watson Foundation: If the Ocean Dies, We Die\! > The Captain Paul Watson Foundation is the most effective direct\-action ocean conservation organization in history\. Join our crew to defend marine wildlife\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.0, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Operation Tahlequah](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/operation-tahlequah/) - [Operation Jairo Mora](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/operation-jairo-mora/) - [Captain Paul Watson](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/captain-paul-watson/) - [Captain Paul Watson Foundation](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/) - [Campaigns](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/campaigns-projects/) ## Posts - [Bandero Standoff: Iceland Coast Guard Latest Update](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/bandero-standoff-iceland-coast-guard-latest-update/): Bandero standoff Iceland: Coast Guard has not boarded the vessel\. Paul Watson remains in Icelandic waters\. Latest update on the international standoff\. - [Iceland Coast Guard Þór Still Trailing Bandero Westward](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/iceland-coast-guard-thor-still-trailing-bandero-westward/): Iceland coast guard vessel Þór is actively pursuing the Bandero westward off Iceland\. Latest update on the chase, legal basis, and Paul Watson team response\. - [Paul Watson Says Anti\-Whaling Mission Will Not Endanger Crews](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/paul-watson-says-anti-whaling-mission-will-not-endanger-crews/): Nearly four decades after Icelandic whaling vessels were sunk in Reykjavík harbour, environmental activist Paul Watson has launched a new campaign that deliberately invokes that episode as anti\-whaling activists return to Icelandic waters\. The expedition, known as Operation 86, is operating from the vessel Bandero, which is now inside Iceland’s exclusive economic zone\. The campaign… - [Coast Guard Orders Hourly Position Reports from Paul Watson Vessel](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/coast-guard-orders-hourly-position-reports-from-paul-watson-vessel/): The Icelandic Coast Guard contacted the vessel Bandero, operated by anti\-whaling campaigner Paul Watson, after it entered Iceland’s exclusive economic zone on Saturday evening\. The vessel failed to transmit its Automatic Identification System \(AIS\) which was allegedly out of order\. What’s the Story? Original source: RÚV The Bandero entered Iceland’s exclusive economic zone without transmitting… - [Coast Guard Pauses Direct Watch Over Anti\-Whaling Ship](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/coast-guard-pauses-direct-watch-over-anti-whaling-ship/): The Icelandic Coast Guard has reassigned patrol vessel Þór from monitoring the anti\-whaling ship Bandero after the vessel failed to approach Icelandic whaling boats or enter the country’s territorial waters\. Bandero has remained about 40 nautical miles off Iceland in recent days as its crew seeks to disrupt whaling operations by Hvalur hf\. The Coast… ## Team Members - [Baiju Thaliath](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/team-members/baiju-thaliath/) - [Joey Krabacher](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/team-members/joey-krabacher/) - [Lauren Duncan](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/team-members/lauren-duncan/) - [Jason King](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/team-members/jason-king/) - [Clementine Pallanca](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/team-members/clementine-pallanca/) ## Mission Status - [Completed Missions](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/mission-status/completed-missions/) - [Active Missions](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/mission-status/active-missions/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/sitemap_index.xml)