Canada Boards Seal Hunt Protest Ship, Arrests Two
Canada Boards Seal Hunt Protest Ship, Arrests Two CANADA: April 14, 2008 TORONTO - Canadian authorities have boarded a ship that was protesting against the annual seal hunt and arrested its captain and first officer, the government said on Saturday. Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn said in a statement that the vessel, the Farley Mowat, had been boarded to "help ensure the safe and orderly conduct of the seal hunt." But the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which owns the ship, said the vessel had been outside Canada's 12-mile (19-km) territorial limit.