Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "MY Steve Irwin" in English language version.
He hoped to find boats whose names were not on the ICCAT list at all, making them clearly illegal. Those he would confront, sending in divers to cut the nets and free the tuna.
The fishermen also attempted to lay a rope in front of the activists' boat, the Steve Irwin—owned by the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society—hoping to disable it. Environmentalists responded with fire hoses and stink bombs.[permanent dead link]
The three Australian men, who the Japanese whalers claim illegally boarded the whaling security vessel Shonan Maru 2 in darkness off the coast of Western Australia state on Sunday, were subject to Japanese laws because they had been detained on the high seas; however, the men were never charged because while in violation of International maritime law, Australian conservation law protected the men. Australia's Attorney-General Nicola Roxon said on Monday.
