In late April 2026, Sea Shepherd Australia’s remote marine debris crew returned to Mapoon for the fourth time, working alongside the Mapoon Land and Sea Rangers on one of northern Australia’s most important turtle nesting grounds. What we achieved together was extraordinary.
In a single day, the team removed 2.9 tonnes of debris from just 800 metres of coastline – the most waste ever removed in one day on any of our remote clean-ups.
A film by Paul Laurance Burnett for Sea Shepherd Australia.
Sea Shepherd is an international, non-profit marine conservation organization that engages in direct action campaigns to defend wildlife, and conserve and protect the world’s oceans from illegal exploitation and environmental destruction.
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