Seal hunt protest vessel forced out of harbour by irate fishermen

[Mugu]

Canwest News Service

Angry fishermen forced the seal hunt protest vessel, Farley Mowat, out of the harbour at St-Pierre-Miquelon -- a French territory south of Newfoundland -- where it was tied up for refuelling yesterday morning.

About 20 fishermen cut the mooring lines of the Mowat with axes and vowed not to let them in the harbour following comments about four dead sealers earlier in the week from Paul Watson, of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which operates the Mowat.

"We don't accept those kinds of people in St-Pierre," fisherman Carl Beaupertuis told the CBC. "We cut the rope and let the boat go.

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[LeftyMom]

1. Old news.

Right now they're dealing with some canadian coasties who did an armed invasion of the ship. There's a thread in LBN.