17 August, 2020. For immediate release. Earthrace Conservation today signed a one-year agreement with the Costa Rican government to support them in their efforts to protect their National Parks. The agreement was signed by Minister Carlos Rodriguez, the Minister of Environment and Resources for Costa Rica, and [...]
The Modoc is changing colours! We have been waiting for this moment! Finally, the blue is gone, and we’re starting to look more hardcore! Now we can hunt down the illegal fishers in style! We finally got back to Ensenada and took the Modoc out of the [...]
The Refit of the Modoc has started Modoc has come a long way in the last 2 weeks while anchoring outside San Quintin – a small worker’s town in Baja, Mexico. We not only extended our refit crew by 9 Mexican crew members, we also started taking [...]
THE MODOC ON ITS FIRST VOYAGE UNDER THE FLAG OF EARTHRACE What an exciting couple of weeks! The Modoc has been relaxing in Bremerton Marina for a couple of years, and we had the honour to get the former US Navy tug boat back into the oceans. [...]
We have amazing news, and an awesome opportunity for you. We’ve just completed the purchase of a superb vessel, the Modoc, which is now our main conservation ship, and base of operations. And we’re looking for volunteers to come and help us refit and crew her. People [...]
Earthrace Conservation has recently completed the successful syndication of a dozen high-net worth individuals to fund it’s next fishery patrol vessel. Included in the list are a Saudi Prince, an Australian Oil Industry Executive, and a Swedish Property Developer. Like most NGOs working in conservation, funding has [...]
It is with great sadness that we got the news yesterday about the death of Orca J50. I’m currently in Bremerton (WA), just a few miles away from where she was last seen alive, and the news cast a dark cloud over our day. The death of [...]
The New Zealand Court of Appeal today ruled shark cage diving is an offense under the Wildlife Act, a move being welcomed by many, and ridiculed by others. But it raises an interesting question – Should shark cage diving be banned globally, despite its benefits? Shark cage [...]
The alleged killers of a leopard seal found with gunshot wounds on a Northland beach have been caught. Four teenage males, two aged 16 and two aged 15, would be referred to Youth Aid over the incident, police said. The leopard seal was found dead of gunshot [...]
I am sorry, but those of you who said to give Trump a chance are wrong. As a conservationist, it breaks my heart to see what his administration has done, but more so, what they are about to do. When Trump arrived in office, within weeks he [...]
Just before midnight on Saturday, 7th July, the Hvalur hf. fin whaling company landed its 22nd catch of the season at the whaling station at Hvalfjörður, Iceland. The whale hauled up the slipway immediately caught the attention of Arne Feuerhahn, a German conservationist documenting the hunt as [...]
A fishing ship carrying 600 (yeah that’s right – 600!!!) illegal driftnets stretching up to 18 miles has been seized after an extensive chase by Interpol and various authorities. The STS-50 (its current name) has been using the flags of eight different countries to evade capture. It has also been [...]