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Source: Sea Shepherd
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The group, which has been branded controversial for their direct actions tactics, has made it their mission to end the “slaughter” of wildlife in the world’s oceans, and their aggressive campaigning often bringing crew members into conflict with large Japanese fishing vessels.
Disruption methods used by Sea Shepherd include attacking ships with diluted butyric acid stink bombs and entangling propellers with ropes.
“This new ship is a game changer,” Adam Burling with Sea Shepherd Australia said. “It opens up a whole new range of tactics for Sea Shepherd.”
After 18 months of construction by Dutch shipbuilding company, Damen, Ocean Warrior was lowered into the waters of Antalya Harbour in Turkey last Friday.
Purchased thanks to the support and generosity of the Dutch Postcode Lottery, the People’s Postcode Lottery in the United Kingdom and the Svenska Postkod Stiftelsen in Sweden, Ocean Warrior is now the fifth vessel in Sea Shepherd Global’s current fleet of conservation ships, and the fifteenth in the organisation’s history.
Ocean Warrior Launch / Tewaterlating Ocean Warrior