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The Yoshka is a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship that operates as a fishing and conservation boat from the Galápagos Islands .
history
The ship entered service in 1955 as the United States Coast Guard's coast guard boat named Cape Knox . The boat is part of the Cape class comprising 35 patrol boats . All ships are 29 meters long and have a steel hull with aluminum reinforcement. They were designed as submarines and all built in the United States Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay , Maryland . The Cape Knox belonged to the B sub-series and was equipped for SAR missions: it had towing tools, nets and searchlights. In 1979 the ship's engines were renewed and strengthened.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society took over the boat in November 1991 and initially named it after the author Edward Abbey . In March 1993 it was registered as a Canadian research vessel under the name Sirenian . It can be seen as Edward Abbey in the film Paul Watson: Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist .
The organization used the boat in their campaigns against Japanese whalers and against whalers in Neah Bay , Washington . During these missions it was painted completely black. According to the organization, the boat was sabotaged in 1999 while in port in Seattle . The following year it was overhauled, painted white and handed over to the Galapagos National Park Service (GNPS) for a period of 5 years .
In 2006 the ship was renamed Yoshka , overhauled and permanently handed over to the GNPS with a new contract. Although it is no longer operated by Sea Shepherd itself, it still bears the organization's logo because it donated it to the GNPS.
Use in the Galápagos Islands
After the overhaul in 2000, Sea Sheperd moved the boat to its new position in the port on Galápagos Island of Santa Cruz . The organization also has a local office there.
The ship is used alongside the Guadalupe River , Sierra Negra and a few other smaller boats as a patrol boat for the national park and the Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment. The aim is to stop illegal fishing.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c THE HISTORY OF SEA SHEPHERD - On the front lines of direct action marine conservation - A Brief Overview ( Memento from November 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 2, 2013
- ^ Neptune's Navy, The Current Fleet ( November 3, 2008 memento on the Internet Archive ), Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.