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Malcolm Holland, ship captain of the environmental activist Sea Shepherd's main ship, the Steve Irwin, looks out to the Sydney harbour after arriving on August 31, 2012 for a three day stopover before sailing for Melbourne. The fugitive Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson vowed August 31 to spearhead his group's next campaign against Japan's annual whale hunt, pledging to prevent a single animal being killed. The Canadian has an Interpol arrest warrant out on him after skipping bail in Germany in July on charges stemming from a high-seas confrontation over shark finning in 2002 and he has not been seen since. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP/GettyImages)