Sea Shepherd: Operation Icefish 2014/15

In September 2014, Sea Shepherd announced their 2014/15 campaign as ‘Operation Icefish’, ‘the first campaign of its kind, using innovative direct action tactics to fill a law enforcement void exploited by illegal toothfish operators.’

While we are pleased Sea Shepherd located the IUU vessel, Thunder, there have been some inaccurate statements about legal toothfish fisheries; the governing body CCAMLR; and national Governments that we will aim to address in this forum.

4th December 2014 – Commentary on an article in The Conversation by Captain Paul Watson

18th December 2014 – Sea Shepherd locates toothfish poacher

22nd December 2014 – De-Register Thunder – Company calls for Australian Government support

14th January 2015 – Toothfish: True or False?