Registration
The Farley Mowat registered under the Canadian flag in April 2002. In October of the same year, the government suspended her registration.
The United Kingdom revoked the ship's registration in early December 2006; the same day it was issued. Sea Shepherd then received registration for her in Belize on 19 December 2006. Ten days later, on 29 December 2006, the Farley Mowat cleared Australian Customs in Hobart, Tasmania, only hours before Belize struck its flag.
During 2007, the ship operated without an officially recognised registration flag. In May 2007, Sea Shepherd issued a press release stating that the Mohawk long house of the Iroquois Confederacy, in response to the Canadian government action, had agreed to the ship (and Sea Shepherd's other ship the Robert Hunter) flying their flag. It was not clear if this was recognised as a registration by port authorities as the body is not internationally recognised as a country.
The vessel was registered in the Netherlands in 2008.
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