The Whale Love Animation, "The Principal and a whale", was produced by Koji Yamamura, a proent animated-film director who won an Academy Award for the short animated film and other international film awards.

The Whale Love Animation, "The Principal and a whale", was produced by Koji Yamamura, a proent animated-film director who won an Academy Award for the short animated film and other international film awards.

Amazing animation made by Johannes Kuemmel as his final project for the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Sara onboard the Esperanza reports in on the situation around the disabled whaling vessel Nisshin Maru.

From Sydney to Buenos Aires, people took to the streets on Valentine's Day to show their love for Japan and how whaling breaks their hearts.

The crew of the Esperanza put in some boat training as they prepare to make first contact with the whaling fleet.

Activist Jetkse arrives in Auckland where the Esperanza is preparing to return to the Southern Ocean. She looks back at last year's expedition and ahead at what this new journey may bring.

What will it take to finally end whaling? As the Esperanza and her crew prepare to return to the Southern Ocean we investigate the background of Antarctic whaling.

It has been an incredible year which has taken Defending Our Oceans around the world. But our work is far from over and you can still join us an Ocean Defender.

Iceland defies a global ban and world opinion to license the killing of 30 ke and 9 fin whales.

As the Esperanza team wraps up their enforcement work on pirate fishing in the Pacific, oceans campaigner Farah Obaidullah leads us behind the scenes during the onboard inspections.

Modern-day pirates ply the Pacific, robbing future generations and the hungry of today.

Is it really possible that we could be overfishing the Pacific - the world's largest ocean? We should not even be surprised by the answer, as Richella King explains.

The Esperanza visits the island Pohnpei in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It may be remote, but as we've found out, it's not exempt from the effects of overfishing of the tuna stocks in the Pacific. The ond wettest place on Earth, Pohnpei is a Pacifi...

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Apo Island is home to the world's oldest community based marine reserve. The sanctuary was created over 20 years ago and has proven succesfull in sustaining marine life and improving the lives of the islands inhabitants.

While the Esperanza visits the Philippines, it becomes witness to the worst oil spill to ever hit the country. The crew assist in clean up efforts and help assess the damage of this disaster for the marine environment and for the people who live there.

ing operations on Rapu Rapu in the Philippines by Australian company La Fayette are a ticking timebomb for local fisheries and the regions coral reefs and whale sharks.

The Rainbow Warrior continues its work in the Mediterranean as the crew find and confiscate illegal driftnets. Beautiful underwater footage shows how much life remains in this sea and why marine reserves are so neccesary.