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The incidental conspiracy that will bite us in the ass

Posted 12:49am 23rd April 2011

“Why do you wish to stop whaling”, Pai (Chief Medical Officer for the Faroe Islands) says to me. He looks down at me like a school teacher at a naughty student. He’s the leading researcher of toxicity in whales, and has been a major influence in reducing whale consumption in the Faroe Islands.

I shift uneasily in my seat. “Well”, I reply slowly, “to many people outside the Faroes, what happens here with slaughtering of whales is appalling. And if it continues, this country will pay a heavy price.”

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"But Seal numbers will explode if we don't control them!"

Posted 9:54pm 9th September 2011

by Pete Bethune

“In fact Our Minister of Fisheries has openly asked for conservation groups to suggest more humane methods of killing the seals…and not one suggestion has been made.” The Namibian Permanent Secretary leans back in his chair with a smug look on his face.I’m meeting the Permanent Secretary for Namibia’s Tourism and Environment Ministry, and our meeting is not off to a good start.

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NEW BOAT GIVES PETE HIS SEALEGS BACK

Posted 5:54am 27th April 2012

NEW BOAT GIVES PETE HIS SEALEGS – SIGHTS SET ON ILLEGAL FISHING IN AFRICA

On Friday 20 April, Pete Bethune launched the new Earthrace vessel at Westhaven Marina in New Zealand. He and his crew have their sights set on tackling illegal fishing off the African coast, starting this summer.

The new craft, which can travel on both land and sea, is named ‘Sealegs’ after the New Zealand-based company of the same name that has developed the vessel for Earthrace. Sealegs is the world’s largest manufacturer of amphibious boats.

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Eco-warrior takes on fishing pirates - NZ News - Video - 3 News.mp4

Pete Bethune and his unit of ex-special forces are set to assist African governments in battling pirate fishing. Here their new amphibious vessel is launched.

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