Paul Watson
Paul Watson
Paul Franklin Watsonis a marine wildlife conservation and an environmental activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation. He is a citizen of Canada and the United States...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth2 December 1950
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
people
I wouldn't think I was successful if I didn't have just as many people hate me as support me.
cell holding
I want to stay in the ocean. I'm not going to be able to do that from some holding cell in Japan.
I don't think you really have to retire from what you do.
religion respect
I don't have a religion, but I respect them.
I don't eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now.
Greenpeace is the world's largest feel-good organisation now, and I can say that 'cause I am one of their co-founders.
Every fish in the ocean is in danger.
nor
Sea Shepherd does not condone, nor do we practise, violence.
claim continuing form marine nobody ultimate
Nobody can legitimately claim to be a marine ecologist and conservationist while continuing to eat fish. It is the ultimate form of hypocrisy.
I have actually led more expeditions to Antarctica than Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton put together.
people
I don't care if I put people off.
citizen japan saving
An American citizen is not going to be extradited to Japan for saving whales.
fish valuable
A fish is more valuable swimming in the sea maintaining the integrity of oceanic eco-systems than it is on anyone's plate.
abhorrent
I find it abhorrent to see a whale being slaughtered and do nothing but bear witness.