Captain Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd and co-founder of Greenpeace ... officials boarded it and arrested Watson. “The crew had stopped to refuel while en route to the Northwest Passage ...

The Sea Shepherd Society, on the other hand, has characterized the Japanese ships' actions as an "assault", claiming that the Japanese crew threw ice at people onboard The Bob Barker.

“Sabotage activities by Sea Shepherd are not acceptable as they threaten our research ships and the lives and safety of their crew,” says a spokesman for the Japanese embassy in ...

Meanwhile, the Sea Shepherd ship, Sam Simon ... In an operation that spanned five days, the crew hauled 25 kilometers of illegal gillnet out of the Antarctic waters. Over 200 toothfish and ...