01/04/2026
PROTECT WHALES
During you are doing whales watching with us at Boa Vista, others are trying to protect them by try to stop the Krill fishing activity which is the main feeding for whales.
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🚨BREAKING NEWS : The Captain Paul Watson Foundation Disrupts Aker Krill Trawling in Antarctica
Antarctica — 31 March 2026 — The Captain Paul Watson Foundation crew, led by campaign leader Lamya Essemlali aboard the vessel Bandero, carried out a direct intervention targeting an industrial krill trawler operated by Aker Qrill.
Aker Qrill is currently the largest harvester of Antarctic krill, accounting for more than 60% of the total catch quota.
Over the course of more than five hours, the Bandero disrupted krill fishing operations involving two industrial vessels, repeatedly intervening to disable their activities. During the encounter The Captain Paul Watson Foundation obstructed their ecologically damaging activities to defend the primary food source of the Antarctic.
Throughout the encounter, the crew witnessed Antarctic wildlife in the surrounding waters, including penguins, seals, and even a whale, underscoring what was at stake as a small ship challenged a powerful industrial krill operation in a stark David-and-Goliath scenario.
Captain Paul Watson has said that the time for photos is over now is the time for action and this first intervention stands as proof of that shift. “Since 2018, environmentalists have been documenting and exposing this destruction year afteryear, but documentation alone has not stopped it,” said Captain Paul Watson.
The mission employed a strategy described as “aggressive nonviolence,” a tactic used for decades to directly disrupt activities such as whaling, sealing, and dolphin hunting while
avoiding harm to human life. Watson, known for his long history of direct-action conservation campaigns, has stated his intent to end industrial krill trawling in Antarctic waters.
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