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Former Greens leader Bob Brown will spearhead Sea Shepherd Society’s next anti-whaling protest in the Southern Ocean.

Legal action has forced the Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson to resign as president of the US chapter after more than three decades at the helm.

Mr Brown will take on the role of directing the organisation’s fight against Japanese whalers.

The move was announced in Hobart this morning where the organisation’s fourth vessel, the Sam Simon, has been delayed by forecast storm-force winds.

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