Pete Bethune, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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New Zealand conservationist
Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1965
Place of Birth: Hamilton, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Profession: explorer
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Pete Bethune
- Captain Peter James Bethune (born 4 April 1965) is a New Zealand ship's captain with 500 ton master licence, published author, producer of The Operatives TV Show, and public speaker.
- He is the founder of Earthrace Conservation .
- He works assisting countries in Asia, Central America and Africa with fisheries enforcement and anti-poaching.
- He is the holder of the world record for circumnavigating the globe in his powerboat Earthrace, a wavepiercing trimaran powered with biofuels. Earthrace was renamed the Ady Gil in 2009 and Captain Bethune sailed it in Antarctica for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society[1] to disrupt Japanese whaling activities.
- The vessel was involved in a collision with a Japanese whaling vessel.
- He subsequently boarded the whaling vessel the Shonan Maru 2 and presented the Captain with an invoice for the Ady Gil.
- Captain Bethune was taken back to Japan and charged with a number of offences related to his anti-whaling activities and received a suspended sentence.In 2012, Captain Bethune started Earthrace Conservation that works on conservation and environmental campaigns.
- His team consists of former military personnel, and they are involved in fisheries enforcement, anti-poaching, and stopping wildlife smuggling.
- Many of the missions have been filmed and made into the TV Series The Operatives that has now aired in around 90 countries.
- More recently his work has involved training government teams on coastal and offshore surveillance, fisheries enforcement, and maritime security. Captain Bethune is currently developing Earthrace-2, a 60m trimaran for conservation work, fisheries enforcement and scientific research.
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