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| Ship name = ''Sea Shepherd'' (1997),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/show/347523 |title=Miramar Ship Index – IMO 5172602 |accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shipphotos.co.uk/pages/seashepherd.htm |title=Ship Photos – Sea Shepherd |date=6 June 1997 |accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref> ''Ocean Warrior'' (2000), ''Farley Mowat'' (2002)
| Ship name = ''Sea Shepherd'' (1997),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/show/347523 |title=Miramar Ship Index – IMO 5172602 |accessdate=24 January 2010 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shipphotos.co.uk/pages/seashepherd.htm |title=Ship Photos – Sea Shepherd |date=6 June 1997 |accessdate=24 January 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830091919/http://www.shipphotos.co.uk/pages/seashepherd.htm |archivedate=30 August 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ''Ocean Warrior'' (2000), ''Farley Mowat'' (2002)
| Ship owner = [[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]]
| Ship owner = [[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]]
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Vol. 812 page(s) 238 – 240 Abstract of Hearing placed on file.
Vol. 812 page(s) 238 – 240 Abstract of Hearing placed on file.
Document 24, Recorded Entry Summary: Notice of Motion contained within a Motion Record on behalf of Plaintiff returnable at General Sitting in Montréal on 09-NOV-2009 to begin at 09:30 duration: – language: E for an order pursuant to Rule 490 of the FCR ordering the sale of the ship "M.V. FARLEY MOWAT" to Green Ship LLC for an amount of $5000. filed on 06-NOV-2009
Document 24, Recorded Entry Summary: Notice of Motion contained within a Motion Record on behalf of Plaintiff returnable at General Sitting in Montréal on 09-NOV-2009 to begin at 09:30 duration: – language: E for an order pursuant to Rule 490 of the FCR ordering the sale of the ship "M.V. FARLEY MOWAT" to Green Ship LLC for an amount of $5000. filed on 06-NOV-2009
}}</ref> to Green Ship LLC, a company headquartered in Oregon. During 2010 she was moored in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, undergoing refit for operation as an expedition vessel for research in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.<ref name="Pottie - Mowat sold">{{cite news|last=Pottie|first=Erin|title=MV Farley Mowat will have new purpose|url=http://www1.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=302669&sc=145|accessdate=12 July 2010|newspaper=Cape Breton Post|date=12 November 2009}}</ref> However, by 2011 the ship was on the market again, to cover unpaid docking fees, and was eventually sold in March 2013.<ref name="Mowat_sale_2013">{{cite news|title=Former anti-sealing ship sold at sheriff's sale|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/991218-former-anti-sealing-ship-sold-at-sheriff-s-sale|accessdate=15 March 2013|newspaper=Halifax Chronicle-Herald|date=14 March 2013}}</ref> The vessel, stripped of her superstructure having been purchased for scrap, sank at her berth at [[Shelburne, Nova Scotia]] in June 2015 and was subsequently raised. The vessel remained laid up at Shelburne until July 2017, when the [[Hulk (ship type)|hulk]] was taken away to be [[Ship breaking|broken up]].
}}</ref> to Green Ship LLC, a company headquartered in Oregon. During 2010 she was moored in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, undergoing refit for operation as an expedition vessel for research in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.<ref name="Pottie - Mowat sold">{{cite news|last=Pottie|first=Erin|title=MV Farley Mowat will have new purpose|url=http://www1.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=302669&sc=145|accessdate=12 July 2010|newspaper=Cape Breton Post|date=12 November 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201130459/http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=302669&sc=145|archivedate=1 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, by 2011 the ship was on the market again, to cover unpaid docking fees, and was eventually sold in March 2013.<ref name="Mowat_sale_2013">{{cite news|title=Former anti-sealing ship sold at sheriff's sale|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/991218-former-anti-sealing-ship-sold-at-sheriff-s-sale|accessdate=15 March 2013|newspaper=Halifax Chronicle-Herald|date=14 March 2013}}</ref> The vessel, stripped of her superstructure having been purchased for scrap, sank at her berth at [[Shelburne, Nova Scotia]] in June 2015 and was subsequently raised. The vessel remained laid up at Shelburne until July 2017, when the [[Hulk (ship type)|hulk]] was taken away to be [[Ship breaking|broken up]].


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== Career ==
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}}</ref> During the raid, the captain and first officer were arrested and later charged for the incident.<ref>{{cite news
}}</ref> During the raid, the captain and first officer were arrested and later charged for the incident.<ref>{{cite news
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}}</ref> The location of the ship at the time of the seizure is controversial.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society claims the ship was seized illegally in international waters. The Canadian Fisheries minister claims that the ship was seized in Canadian waters, but also that the Fisheries Act gave him authority to order the boarding outside Canada's [[territorial waters]] zone of {{convert|12|nmi|km}}.<ref>{{Cite news
}}</ref> The location of the ship at the time of the seizure is controversial.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society claims the ship was seized illegally in international waters. The Canadian Fisheries minister claims that the ship was seized in Canadian waters, but also that the Fisheries Act gave him authority to order the boarding outside Canada's [[territorial waters]] zone of {{convert|12|nmi|km}}.<ref>{{Cite news
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|url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080413.wsealhunt0413/BNStory/Front
| title = Crew maintain seizure broke international law
|title = Crew maintain seizure broke international law
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The captain and first officer made a court appearance on 1 May 2008.<ref name=bail>{{cite news
The captain and first officer made a court appearance on 1 May 2008.<ref name=bail>{{cite news
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On 27 February 2009, the Canadian [[Queen-in-Council|Crown-in-Council]] announced that ''Farley Mowat'' was being put up for sale to cover approximately [[C$]]500,000 in berthing fees accrued since the April 2008 seizure.<ref>{{cite news
On 27 February 2009, the Canadian [[Queen-in-Council|Crown-in-Council]] announced that ''Farley Mowat'' was being put up for sale to cover approximately [[C$]]500,000 in berthing fees accrued since the April 2008 seizure.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/02/27/mowat-sale.html
|url = http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/02/27/mowat-sale.html
| title = Federal government selling sealing protest vessel
|title = Federal government selling sealing protest vessel
| date = 27 February 2009
|date = 27 February 2009
| work=CBC News
|work = CBC News
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|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090302184410/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/02/27/mowat-sale.html
|archivedate = 2 March 2009
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}}</ref> Subsequently, ''Farley Mowat'' was reportedly sold for [[C$]]50,000, but the buyer did not complete the transaction. As of September 2009 the ship was still in the possession of the Canadian government and continued to accrue berthing fees.<ref name="seashepherd.org"/> Sea Shepherd later stated that the seizure of the ship had been expected and, in fact, encouraged. Therefore, she had been used in provocation, with the full intention to have the Canadian government end up with, in their opinion, a more or less worthless vessel.<ref>{{Cite web
}}</ref> Subsequently, ''Farley Mowat'' was reportedly sold for [[C$]]50,000, but the buyer did not complete the transaction. As of September 2009 the ship was still in the possession of the Canadian government and continued to accrue berthing fees.<ref name="seashepherd.org"/> Sea Shepherd later stated that the seizure of the ship had been expected and, in fact, encouraged. Therefore, she had been used in provocation, with the full intention to have the Canadian government end up with, in their opinion, a more or less worthless vessel.<ref>{{Cite web
|url = http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-090910-1.html
|url = http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-090910-1.html
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}}</ref> in November 2009 that the vessel has been sold for the sum of [[C$]]5,000 to the [[Green Ship LLC]] subsidiary of Stephen Munson's organization [[Tenthmil]] to be used in a survey of the [[North Pacific Gyre]].<ref name="Pottie - Mowat sold"/> {{As of|2010|08}}, ''Farley Mowat'' remained berthed in [[Lunenburg, Nova Scotia]] for a refit under the direction of Cliff Hodder.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ex-SSCS ship 'Farley Mowat' to continue working for ocean conservation|url=http://www.planetoceanalliance.org/forum/showthread.php/9561-Ex-SSCS-ship-Farley-Mowat-to-continue-working-for-ocean-conservation!?viewfull=1#post82449|accessdate=11 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Farley Mowat Receives a Boarding Party|url=http://tenthmil.com/campaigns/restore/the_farley_mowat_receives_a_boarding_party|publisher=Tenthmil|accessdate=11 July 2011}}</ref> In early 2013, with unpaid docking fees on the order of [[C$]]90,000 and Green Ship LLC apparently in [[Chapter 11]] bankruptcy proceedings, the ship was sold at a sheriff's auction to an undisclosed buyer.<ref name="Mowat_sale_2013"/> The buyer was later identified as Tracy Dodds of Eastern Scrap and Demolition Services, a Halifax-based company; the purchase price was [[C$]]9,200.<ref name=poss_scrap>{{cite web|title=Anti-sealing ship may be destined for the scrapyard|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1120949-anti-sealing-ship-may-be-destined-for-the-scrapyard|publisher=The Chronicle-Herald|date=3 April 2013|accessdate=31 July 2013}}</ref> The vessel sat in Lunenburg for several months, during which the superstructure was removed, before being evicted by the Lunenburg Waterfront Development Corporation for non-payment of docking fees. In early September 2013, ''Farley Mowat'' was towed to Shelburne, Nova Scotia, on the way to Meteghan, Nova Scotia, where she would be scrapped.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecoastguard.ca/News/2014-09-11/article-3866271/Booted-from-Lunenburg,-MV-Farley-Mowat-hulk-arrives-in-Shelburne/1|title=Booted from Lunenburg, MV Farley Mowat hulk arrives in Shelburne|work=The Shelburne County Coast Guard|date=11 September 2014|accessdate=8 January 2015}}</ref>
}}</ref> in November 2009 that the vessel has been sold for the sum of [[C$]]5,000 to the [[Green Ship LLC]] subsidiary of Stephen Munson's organization [[Tenthmil]] to be used in a survey of the [[North Pacific Gyre]].<ref name="Pottie - Mowat sold"/> {{As of|2010|08}}, ''Farley Mowat'' remained berthed in [[Lunenburg, Nova Scotia]] for a refit under the direction of Cliff Hodder.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ex-SSCS ship 'Farley Mowat' to continue working for ocean conservation|url=http://www.planetoceanalliance.org/forum/showthread.php/9561-Ex-SSCS-ship-Farley-Mowat-to-continue-working-for-ocean-conservation!?viewfull=1#post82449|accessdate=11 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Farley Mowat Receives a Boarding Party|url=http://tenthmil.com/campaigns/restore/the_farley_mowat_receives_a_boarding_party|publisher=Tenthmil|accessdate=11 July 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809132600/http://tenthmil.com/campaigns/restore/the_farley_mowat_receives_a_boarding_party|archivedate=9 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In early 2013, with unpaid docking fees on the order of [[C$]]90,000 and Green Ship LLC apparently in [[Chapter 11]] bankruptcy proceedings, the ship was sold at a sheriff's auction to an undisclosed buyer.<ref name="Mowat_sale_2013"/> The buyer was later identified as Tracy Dodds of Eastern Scrap and Demolition Services, a Halifax-based company; the purchase price was [[C$]]9,200.<ref name=poss_scrap>{{cite web|title=Anti-sealing ship may be destined for the scrapyard|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1120949-anti-sealing-ship-may-be-destined-for-the-scrapyard|publisher=The Chronicle-Herald|date=3 April 2013|accessdate=31 July 2013}}</ref> The vessel sat in Lunenburg for several months, during which the superstructure was removed, before being evicted by the Lunenburg Waterfront Development Corporation for non-payment of docking fees. In early September 2013, ''Farley Mowat'' was towed to Shelburne, Nova Scotia, on the way to Meteghan, Nova Scotia, where she would be scrapped.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecoastguard.ca/News/2014-09-11/article-3866271/Booted-from-Lunenburg,-MV-Farley-Mowat-hulk-arrives-in-Shelburne/1|title=Booted from Lunenburg, MV Farley Mowat hulk arrives in Shelburne|work=The Shelburne County Coast Guard|date=11 September 2014|accessdate=8 January 2015}}</ref>


On 24 June 2015, ''Farley Mowat'' sank at her berth and came to rest on the bottom of the harbour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mv-farley-mowat-focus-of-coast-guard-containment-after-sinking-1.3127063|title=MV Farley Mowat focus of Coast Guard containment after sinking|date=25 June 2015|accessdate=25 June 2015}}</ref> The vessel was subsequently refloated and {{convert|2000|L}} of pollutants were removed, with the Canadian Coast Guard incurring costs of some C$815,000.<ref name=CTVA20160515/><ref name=arrested/> Owner Tracy Dodds was found to be in contempt of court for failing to remove the vessel or pay C$10,000 in penalties and fees. <ref name=CTVA20160515>{{cite news|title=Owner of once notorious MV Farley Mowat found in contempt of court|url=http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/owner-of-once-notorious-mv-farley-mowat-found-in-contempt-of-court-1.2903042|accessdate=16 May 2016|work=CTV News Atlantic|agency=The Canadian Press|date=15 May 2016}}</ref> On 3 August 2016, Dodds was arrested in Wolfville, Nova Scotia on contempt charges and subsequently served 20 days in jail.<ref name=arrested>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/tracy-dodds-farley-mowat-owner-jailed-1.3707254|title=Tracy Dodds, owner of derelict Farley Mowat, arrested|date=4 August 2016|accessdate=20 February 2017}}</ref>
On 24 June 2015, ''Farley Mowat'' sank at her berth and came to rest on the bottom of the harbour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mv-farley-mowat-focus-of-coast-guard-containment-after-sinking-1.3127063|title=MV Farley Mowat focus of Coast Guard containment after sinking|date=25 June 2015|accessdate=25 June 2015}}</ref> The vessel was subsequently refloated and {{convert|2000|L}} of pollutants were removed, with the Canadian Coast Guard incurring costs of some C$815,000.<ref name=CTVA20160515/><ref name=arrested/> Owner Tracy Dodds was found to be in contempt of court for failing to remove the vessel or pay C$10,000 in penalties and fees. <ref name=CTVA20160515>{{cite news|title=Owner of once notorious MV Farley Mowat found in contempt of court|url=http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/owner-of-once-notorious-mv-farley-mowat-found-in-contempt-of-court-1.2903042|accessdate=16 May 2016|work=CTV News Atlantic|agency=The Canadian Press|date=15 May 2016}}</ref> On 3 August 2016, Dodds was arrested in Wolfville, Nova Scotia on contempt charges and subsequently served 20 days in jail.<ref name=arrested>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/tracy-dodds-farley-mowat-owner-jailed-1.3707254|title=Tracy Dodds, owner of derelict Farley Mowat, arrested|date=4 August 2016|accessdate=20 February 2017}}</ref>
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title = As It Happens|url=http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/asithappens/20070619-aih-1.wmv|date=19 June 2007|publisher = [[CBC.ca]]|postscript = <!--None-->}}</ref> It was not clear if this was recognised as a registration by port authorities as the body is not internationally recognised as a country.
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title = As It Happens|url = http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/asithappens/20070619-aih-1.wmv|date = 19 June 2007|publisher = [[CBC.ca]]|postscript = <!--None-->|deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121025183349/http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/asithappens/20070619-aih-1.wmv|archivedate = 25 October 2012|df = dmy-all}}</ref> It was not clear if this was recognised as a registration by port authorities as the body is not internationally recognised as a country.


The vessel was registered in the Netherlands in 2008.<ref name="DFO" />
The vessel was registered in the Netherlands in 2008.<ref name="DFO" />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071110235235/http://www.seashepherd.org/fleet/fleet.html Original source with picture and description of other ships in their fleet] from [http://www.seashepherd.org SeaShepherd's site].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071110235235/http://www.seashepherd.org/fleet/fleet.html Original source with picture and description of other ships in their fleet] from [http://www.seashepherd.org SeaShepherd's site].
*[http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/antiwhaling-pirates-get-more-muscle-for-antarctic-skirmish/2007/01/09/1168104983880.html Melbourne newspaper "The Age", Jan 10 2007].
*[http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/antiwhaling-pirates-get-more-muscle-for-antarctic-skirmish/2007/01/09/1168104983880.html Melbourne newspaper "The Age", Jan 10 2007].
*[http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/01/135635.php Indymedia report on vessel deregistration].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070208233634/http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/01/135635.php Indymedia report on vessel deregistration].
*[http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_051228_1.html Sea Shepherd News – Confessions of a Modern Southern Oceans Pirate by Captain Paul Watson, 28 December 2006].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070119083601/http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_051228_1.html Sea Shepherd News – Confessions of a Modern Southern Oceans Pirate by Captain Paul Watson, 28 December 2006].
*[http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/sea-shepherds-all-at-sea/2007/02/08/1170524233638.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Melbourne newspaper "The Age", 9 February 2007 – All at sea]
*[http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/sea-shepherds-all-at-sea/2007/02/08/1170524233638.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Melbourne newspaper "The Age", 9 February 2007 – All at sea]
*[http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/mars/ship_detail.sh?lng=en&1702733&FARLEY+MOWAT ITU Call Sign: MANP]
*[http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/mars/ship_detail.sh?lng=en&1702733&FARLEY+MOWAT ITU Call Sign: MANP]

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Farley Mowat at Docklands, Melbourne, Australia
History
NameJohan Hjort
Port of registry Norway
BuilderMjellem & Karlsen, Bergen, Norway
Yard number79
Launched1956
In service1957
Out of service1983
Identification
IMO Number
5172602
NameSkandi Ocean
Port of registry Norway
Acquired1983
NameSTM Ocean
Port of registry Norway
Acquired1990
NameCam Vulcan
Port of registry Norway
Acquired1990
NameSea Shepherd (1997),[2][3] Ocean Warrior (2000), Farley Mowat (2002)
OwnerSea Shepherd Conservation Society
Port of registry Canada (2002),  UK (2006),  Belize (2006), (2007),  Netherlands (2008)
AcquiredAugust 1996
Out of service2008
FateImpounded in 2008 and sold at auction by the Canadian Government in 2009[1]
OwnerGreen Ship LLC[1]
AcquiredNovember 2009
StatusRetrofit for Pacific Gyre studies; abandoned due to financial difficulties
OwnerTracy Dodds
AcquiredMarch 2013
FatePurchased for demolition
StatusLaid up at Shelburne NS
General characteristics
Tonnage648 gross register tons (GRT)
Displacement657 long tons (668 t)
Length52.4 m (172 ft)
Beam9.3 m (31 ft)
Ice classYes
Installed power1,400 hp (1.0 MW)
PropulsionVariable-pitch propeller
Speed10 kts

RV Farley Mowat was a long-range, ice class ship. Originally built as a Norwegian fisheries research and enforcement vessel, she was purchased by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in Edinburgh, Scotland, in August 1996. She is named after Canadian writer Farley Mowat.[4] Her previous name with the group was Ocean Warrior.[5]

She was the flagship of Sea Shepherd's fleet until seized by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans off the coast of Newfoundland in April 2008. She was sold for C$5,000 by court order in November 2009,[1] to Green Ship LLC, a company headquartered in Oregon. During 2010 she was moored in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, undergoing refit for operation as an expedition vessel for research in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.[6] However, by 2011 the ship was on the market again, to cover unpaid docking fees, and was eventually sold in March 2013.[7] The vessel, stripped of her superstructure having been purchased for scrap, sank at her berth at Shelburne, Nova Scotia in June 2015 and was subsequently raised. The vessel remained laid up at Shelburne until July 2017, when the hulk was taken away to be broken up.

Career

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society used the vessel to monitor international waters for violations of international fisheries agreements. Farley Mowat officially began her career in the waters off Costa Rica, immersed in controversy over policing actions against illegal fishing activities.

In March and April 2008, Farley Mowat was involved in controversy related to the 2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt. On 12 April 2008, Fisheries and Oceans Canada seized Farley Mowat in the Cabot Strait after the ship came near the seal hunt without an observation permit and two collisions with a coast guard vessel occurred.[8][9] During the raid, the captain and first officer were arrested and later charged for the incident.[10][11]

While seized, Farley Mowat was held by Fisheries and Oceans Canada at Sydney, Nova Scotia until put up for sale.[12] The location of the ship at the time of the seizure is controversial.[citation needed] The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society claims the ship was seized illegally in international waters. The Canadian Fisheries minister claims that the ship was seized in Canadian waters, but also that the Fisheries Act gave him authority to order the boarding outside Canada's territorial waters zone of 12 nautical miles (22 km).[13]

The captain and first officer made a court appearance on 1 May 2008.[14] On 2 July 2008, they entered a plea of not guilty to coming too close to sealers. Convicted in absentia in June 2009 on two counts each of approaching within 926 metres (0.575 mi) of a seal hunt, the pair were sentenced on 10 September 2009 to fines totaling C$45,000.[15]

MV Fundy Paradise, CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, RV Farley Mowat, Sydport Nova Scotia, March 2009

On 27 February 2009, the Canadian

Crown-in-Council announced that Farley Mowat was being put up for sale to cover approximately C$500,000 in berthing fees accrued since the April 2008 seizure.[16] Subsequently, Farley Mowat was reportedly sold for C$50,000, but the buyer did not complete the transaction. As of September 2009 the ship was still in the possession of the Canadian government and continued to accrue berthing fees.[15] Sea Shepherd later stated that the seizure of the ship had been expected and, in fact, encouraged. Therefore, she had been used in provocation, with the full intention to have the Canadian government end up with, in their opinion, a more or less worthless vessel.[17]

Farley Mowat arrived in Halifax on 18 December 2009 for refit and was towed to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia where she was tied up as of February 2010[update].

Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the ship was sold at a sheriff's auction to an undisclosed buyer.[7] The buyer was later identified as Tracy Dodds of Eastern Scrap and Demolition Services, a Halifax-based company; the purchase price was C$9,200.[22] The vessel sat in Lunenburg for several months, during which the superstructure was removed, before being evicted by the Lunenburg Waterfront Development Corporation for non-payment of docking fees. In early September 2013, Farley Mowat was towed to Shelburne, Nova Scotia, on the way to Meteghan, Nova Scotia, where she would be scrapped.[23]

On 24 June 2015, Farley Mowat sank at her berth and came to rest on the bottom of the harbour.[24] The vessel was subsequently refloated and 2,000 litres (440 imp gal; 530 US gal) of pollutants were removed, with the Canadian Coast Guard incurring costs of some C$815,000.[25][26] Owner Tracy Dodds was found to be in contempt of court for failing to remove the vessel or pay C$10,000 in penalties and fees. [25] On 3 August 2016, Dodds was arrested in Wolfville, Nova Scotia on contempt charges and subsequently served 20 days in jail.[26]

As of 29 December 2016, Farley Mowat hulk remained docked in Shelburne, with over C$130,000 in docking fees owing.[27] In June 2017, the Canadian Coast Guard informed Shelburne city staff that the vessel would be removed in the following weeks to be broken up.[28] On 26 July 2017, the hulk was towed away by Atlantic Towing under contract from the Canadian Coast Guard to be broken up at Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[29]

Registration

Farley Mowat registered under the Canadian flag in April 2002. In October of the same year, the government suspended her registration.

The United Kingdom revoked the ship's registration in early December 2006; the same day it was issued. Sea Shepherd then received registration for her in Belize on 19 December 2006. Ten days later, on 29 December 2006, Farley Mowat cleared

Hobart, Tasmania, only hours before Belize struck her flag.[citation needed
]

During 2007, the ship operated without an officially recognised

Iroquois Confederacy, in response to the Canadian government action, had agreed to the ship (and Sea Shepherd's other ship Robert Hunter) flying their flag.[30][31]
It was not clear if this was recognised as a registration by port authorities as the body is not internationally recognised as a country.

The vessel was registered in the Netherlands in 2008.[12]

Successor

In January 2015, Sea Shepherd USA purchased two recently decommissioned U.S. Coast Guard 110-foot (34 m) Island-class patrol boats, one of which has been christened the MY Farley Mowat.[32]

In popular culture

References

  1. ^ a b c Her Majesty The Queen v. The Ship "M.V. Farley Mowat" et al, 812 Montréal Court Registrar pages 238–240, Court Number T-1863-08 (Federal Court, Canada 9 November 2009) ("Court Decision: Montréal 09-NOV-2009 BEFORE Richard Morneau, Esq., Prothonotary Language: E Before the Court: Motion Doc. No. 24 on behalf of Plaintiff Result of Hearing: Matter granted held in Court Senior Usher: Monique David Duration per day: 09-NOV-2009 from 09:34 to 09:39 Courtroom : Courtroom 334 – Montréal Court Registrar: Emmanuelle Belice Total Duration: 5min Appearances: Me Jean-Robert Noiseux 613-946-2780 representing Plaintiff Comments: The Court signed the draft Order submitted by the Plaintiff on the bench Minutes of Hearing entered in Vol. 812 page(s) 238 – 240 Abstract of Hearing placed on file. Document 24, Recorded Entry Summary: Notice of Motion contained within a Motion Record on behalf of Plaintiff returnable at General Sitting in Montréal on 09-NOV-2009 to begin at 09:30 duration: – language: E for an order pursuant to Rule 490 of the FCR ordering the sale of the ship "M.V. FARLEY MOWAT" to Green Ship LLC for an amount of $5000. filed on 06-NOV-2009").
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