Pierre
Montréal

Des résidants des petites îles françaises de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, au sud de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, ont chassé un navire appartenant au groupe écologiste Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

THE CANADIAN PRESS

ST-PIERRE – A militant environmental group opposed to the East Coast seal hunt was forced to flee the French islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon on Friday after angry fishermen cut the mooring lines of the group’s flagship vessel.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society sparked outrage earlier this week when the group’s leader, Paul Watson, said the recent deaths of three seal hunters north of Cape Breton was a tragedy, but the continued slaughter of seal pups “is an even greater tragedy.”

On Friday, Watson’s vessel, the Farley Mowat, was confronted at the wharf by two dozen residents of St-Pierre, the capital of the French territory south of Newfoundland.

Police said the ship left after its lines were cut with axes, following a confrontation between the activists and the fishermen.

Fisherman Carl Beaupertuis, 47, says when he heard Watson’s comments about sealers he was deeply angered.

“We cut the ropes … because the fishermen of St-Pierre don’t accept what Paul Watson said,” he said.

“He’s not allowed to come in the harbour any more. It’s finished for him.”

Watson later confirmed that he had left St-Pierre-Miquelon after the mooring lines were cut.

Watson said that a member of his crew filmed the incident on St. Pierre and he may bring a formal complaint before the French courts.

“That’s a possibility. We’ll have to look into that. We definitely have it documented,” said Watson.

“I had the cameras rolling, so we did identify the individuals.”

Andre Varcin, a senior official with the French government, said it would be up to the local prosecutor’s office to decide if any charges are warranted against the fishermen.

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=422872
Meanwhile, a Newfoundland radio station reported Friday the seal hunt protest vessel Farley Mowat, which was involved in a confrontation with sealers and the coast guard earlier this week, has been forced to leave St-Pierre-Miquelon where it was tied up.

VOCM radio says about 100 residents of the French islands off the south coast of Newfoundland cut the Mowat’s ropes and it left the harbour.

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=123352&sc=117

ST-PIERRE — Residents of the tiny French islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon south of Newfoundland have apparently chased a vessel belonging to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society from their harbour.
A fisherman, Carl Beaupre, told radio station VOCM in Newfoundland that about 100 fishermen, upset with recent comments attributed to the seal hunt protesters, gathered on the wharf earlier today and cut the Farley Mowat’s mooring ropes.
Beaupre says the vessel then left port.
The federal government has warned the Farley Mowat’s crew about getting too close to the seal hunt.
Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn has said the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society will be charged with allegedly getting too close to the hunt.
Paul Watson, president of the conservation society, says he left St-Pierre-Miquelon today and was not aware of any problems.

Quelle que soit la vérité au sujet de la situation avec le Coast Guard - Qu’ils ne viennent pas se plaindre et chialer… la merde s’ils la cherchent ils vont la trouver! Plus les fameux vidéos seront publicisés plus les coffres de Green Peace se gorgeront! C’est un jeu médiatique et les média se doivent de garder a l’esprit qu’ils sont EXPLOITES par des gens comme Watson qui sont des vrais professionels de manipulation des médias et du public!

Pendant ce temps-la des familles de VRAIS marins de nos cousins des Iles pleurent leurs pertes et Watson trouve que c’est pas si pire que ca! Merde aleurs!

“The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society recognizes that the deaths of four sealers is a tragedy but Sea Shepherd also recognizes that the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seal pups is an even greater tragedy.”

Watson!

Messieurs dames les journalistes… Faites donc preuve de jugement cette fois-ci. Faites un peu d’introspection. Pensez a l’impact potentiellement dévastateur de vos actions - Le Pipette est dans vot’ parc!

Montrez nous donc que vous etes capables d’agir avec a l’esprit l’INTERET DE SPM AVANT TOUT! Parce que la Farley y vous emmene en bateau!

Voila - Dédé a pété ses plombs!

André Lafargue

RFO n’offre toujours pas d’archives des émissions locales, et c’est bien dommage. Comme l’absence de podcasts !