Three Fishing Vessels Detained in Covert Operation between Sea Shepherd Global and Liberian Ministry of National Defense
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 23, 2017 Three Fishing Vessels Detained in Covert Operation between Sea Shepherd Global and Liberian Ministry of National Defense to Stop Illegal Fishing For the past three weeks, the marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd has been secretly patrolling the waters of the Republic of Liberia in West Africa in a covert operation to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Working in partnership with the Liberian Ministry of National Defense under the coordination of the Honorable Minister Brownie Samukai, Sea Shepherd’s vessel the