John Paul DeJoria (ship)
.jpg) Sister ship of Pea Island, the Monomoy in use by the US Coast Guard.
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The John Paul DeJoria is a ship owned by the marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd . The former US Coast Guard boat has been part of the fleet since 2015 and has been in service since 2017 after the overhaul.
history
Construction and use by the US Coast Guard
The patrol ship entered service with the US Coast Guard as Pea Island in November 1992. Previously, it was the third last of the 49 island-class ships to be built at Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana. The ship was stationed at the Coast Guard Base in Key West and from there mainly carried out rescue missions and law enforcement. Other areas of responsibility included operations for border protection, environmental protection and operations against drug smugglers. After 22 years of service, the ship was decommissioned in March 2014. The ship was then transferred to Baltimore , Maryland , where it was demilitarized and remained until it was sold.
Acquired by Sea Shepherd
Sea Shepherd acquired the ship and sister ship USCG Block Island in January 2015 and renamed it Jules Verne . Both ships left Baltimore in the spring for Key West , where first the Farley Mowat and then the Jules Verne were overhauled. In late 2016, the ship was put into a dry dock in Tampa , Florida , where the overhaul work was completed. On February 1, the ship was named John Paul DeJoria and presented to the public during a press conference in Miami . The namesake John Paul DeJoria had previously contributed to the purchase of this ship and the Farley Mowat .
The organization offered the rangers of the Cocos Island National Park Marine Reserve on the Cocos Islands off Costa Rica after the acquisition of the ship to support them in anti-poaching operations.
Find Rob Stewart
The Canadian filmmaker and environmentalist Rob Stewart disappeared during the filming of the sequel to his film Sharkwater - If sharks die , he had partially taken from on board a Sea Shepherd ship, Sharkwater: Extinction on the evening of January 1, 2017. happened the event after the third dive on the same day at a depth of 70 meters near the Alligator Reef in the Florida Keys with rebreather . When surfacing, Stewart's companion, the diving instructor Peter Sotis, first lost consciousness. While the crew of the submersible took care of Sotis, Stewart disappeared without a trace. After a three-day search coordinated by the US Coast Guard , which included 12 civilian ships, including the John Paul DeJoria , and 12 civilian aircraft, Stewart's body was found a few meters from the site of the disappearance of divers.
Campaigns 2017
Sea Shepherd announced that the first John Paul DeJoria mission was to campaign against sharkfinning on the Central American coast. The campaign called Operation Treasured Island aims to end poaching activities between the coast of Panama , the Colombian Malpelo Island , Costa Rica's Coconut Island and Ecuador's Galapagos Islands , a region particularly rich in marine biodiversity.
Before the start of the campaign, the John Paul DeJoira supported the sister ships Sam Simon and Farley Mowat between April and May in Operation Milagro III to protect the Californian golf dolphin in the Mexican Sea of Cortes . According to founder Paul Watson, the ship was intended to increase the organization's presence after some local fishermen threatened to sink the Sea Shepherd ships.
At the end of May 2017 the ship reached Puntarenas , Costa Rica. The crew around Captain Jessie Treverton investigated and documented, among other things, the sale of sharks at the fish market in the capital San Jose and patrolled Costa Rica's Pacific coast. In June the ship reached Coiba , Panama, a UNESCO World Heritage Site . There the authorities were able to convict an illegal fisherman after clues from Sea Shepherd. On June 28, there was an incident in which the DeJoria collided with a fishing boat. The Sea Shepherd crew observed and documented a group of five longline fishing boats on the marine reserve. After a longline got caught in the DeJoria's propeller and the crew had to cut it free, according to Sea Shepherd, a fishing boat rammed the front port side of the bow, causing the Sea Shepherd boat to suffer minor damage. Nobody got hurt. There was no response to a radio message to the authorities. On July 5, the DeJoria was temporarily arrested by the Navy and the boat's license for Panama's waters withdrawn. The authorities ordered the Sea Shepherd crew to leave the territorial waters or they would be forcibly evicted from the country.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Sea Shepherd Worldwide Fleet ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Sea Shepherd Global Official Website, Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ↑ US Coast Guard Patrol Craft , HMC James T. Flynn, Jr. USNR (ret), 2012, accessed February 19, 2017.
- ↑ Guardian of the Week - LT Felicia Thomas , Coast Guard Compass, June 19, 2009, Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ↑ Guardian of the Week - LT Felicia Thomas , Coast Guard Compass, June 19, 2009, Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ↑ Two former USCG Island Class cutters bought by Sea Shepherd , Marinelog, June 3, 2015, accessed February 19, 2017.
- ↑ a b Sea Shepherd Launches Anti-Poaching Vessel M / V John Paul DeJoria ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Sea Shepherd News, February 1, 2017, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ↑ Two former USCG Island Class cutters bought by Sea Shepherd - Marine Log. Retrieved November 29, 2017 (UK English).
- ↑ What Happened to Rob Stewart? , Adam Skolnick, February 3, 2017, Outside, accessed February 19, 2017
- ^ The Sea Shepherd ship JOHN PAUL DEJORIA has arrived in Manzanillo, Mexico , Edgar Cazares, April 20, 2017, AFmedios, accessed May 18, 2017
- ↑ Sea Shepherd Defends Following Complaint from Fishermen , July 7, 2017, TVN Noticias, accessed July 23, 2017
