Mission Statement: Sea Shepherd's mission is to conserve and protect the world's marine wilderness eco-systems and marine wildlife species.

Carrying out the mission... Sea Shepherd acts through:  public education  investigation  documentation  enforcement (under authority of the United Nations World Charter for Nature) Sea Shepherd adheres to the utilization of non-violent principles and has taken a standard against violence in the protection of the oceans.

Sea Shepherd Campaigns... Priority campaign for the year: Objective is to hunt down the Japanese whaling fleet and harass, block, obstruct, and intervene against their illegal whaling operations.

Sea Shepherd Campaigns... Galapagos Islands: The commercial fishing ban(1997), is regularly violated by the huge Ecuadorian fishing fleet, foreign vessels, and independent operators. A series of coastal "no take" zones were established for the Marine Reserve this year, and must be enforced.

Sea Shepherd Campaigns... Seal Campaign: The Canadian commercial seal hunt is the largest mass slaughter of marine mammals in the world- (over 320,000 seals killed in March and April!) What we need to do now is to promote the international boycott of Canadian seafood products. The slaughter of seals is incredibly cruel (a post mortem survey has shown that 42% of these babies are skinned alive) It is a threat to the survival of the species It is a threat to the survival of cod It is a slaughter done mainly for unessential, vanity, and luxury items, and therefore, is unnecessary It is unethical to slaughter newborn seal pups (About 95% of the seals to be slaughtered are babies less than four weeks old)

Sea Shepherd’s Success...  The success of the seal campaign and the ramming of the Sierra was the start of Sea Shepherd's historical 160 voyages over the next 2 decades, enforcing international laws where no law enforcement existed - on the high seas.  Sea Shepherd continues to accomplish its mission by upholding and enforcing international treaties, laws and conventions of world governments.