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
what-matters long schemes
In the great scheme of things, what matters is not how long you live but why you live, what you stand for and what you are willing to die for.
motivation ocean law
There is a lack of economic and political motivation to defend life in the oceans. The profit is made by companies exploiting the oceans and they have the money to buy the politicians who make the laws.
ocean marine civilization
Unless we stop the degradation of our oceans, marine ecological systems will begin collapsing and when enough of them fail, the oceans will die. And if the oceans die, then civilization collapses and we all die
passion sea volunteer
It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the project that cannot be found in a hired crew.
ocean humanity alive
We are literally eating the oceans alive and there are simply not enough fish to continue to feed an ever expanding population of humanity.
riding meat vegan
A vegan riding a hummer contributes less to greenhouse gas emissions than a meat eater riding a bicycle.
ocean planets can-not
WE CAN NOT LIVE ON THIS PLANET WITH DEAD OCEANS. IF OUR OCEANS DIE, WE DIE.
long population increase
There is no sustainable future for fisheries as long as human populations continue to increase.
marine thinking hunting
Seafood is simply a socially acceptable form of bush meat. We condemn Africans for hunting monkeys and mammalian and bird species from the jungle yet the developed world thinks nothing of hauling in magnificent wild creatures like swordfish, tuna, halibut, shark, and salmon for our meals. The fact is that the global slaughter of marine wildlife is simply the largest massacre of wildlife on the planet.
dream skills use
Follow your dreams and use your natural-born talents and skills to make this a better world for tomorrow.
environmental movement musician
Musicians have made incredible contributions to the conservation and environmental movement and continue to do so, more than ever.
conceited religion apes
Almost all theological thought is anthropocentric and I just cannot buy into the anthropocentric ideology. Basically we're a bunch of conceited apes.
tragedy incentives ecology
The tragedy is that there is so much more incentive - money - to destroy the ecology than there is to preserve it.
voice planets
Be a voice for the future and a voice for the planet.