Exclusive - The 73-year-old sailed to Ireland so his crew of 28 would be close enough to Iceland to stop plans 'to kill fin whales this summer'
"If the ocean dies, we all die” warns the Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd founder, now leading the Captain Paul Watson Foundation and Neptune’s Pirates charge against whale “murder”. We sat down with the veteran conservationist aboard his ship the John Paul Dejoria at Dublin’s Sir John Rogerson's Quay on Sunday.
The Icelandic government issued a licence allowing the Halvur company to kill 128 fin whales this summer despite animal welfare concerns. Paul says the hunt may not go ahead, but added: “We are watching Iceland very carefully because although they said they are not going whaling, they might.” He added: “All whaling was declared illegal in 1986 and since then about 30,000 whales have been killed illegally. We target illegal activity, that’s why we do what we do.
He said: “We’ve been shot at, we’ve been rammed at, we’ve been beaten. I am sort of used to all that stuff. I was shot down in Antarctica but I had a Kevlar vest on. “Fish prices go up relative to scarcity, so scarcity translates into demand which puts the prices up and more money is being made.“There should be a complete restriction on heavy gear, all these nets, all these long lines,” he added.Cork man, Trevor Kennedy, was volunteering on the John Paul Dejoria when we visited on Sunday.
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