“If the oceans die, we die. We all have a vested interest in making sure life in the sea is not diminished.”
-Captain Paul Watson, Founder & President of Sea Shepherd
On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the legendary Captain Paul Watson. Captain Paul is the Founder & President of the famous Sea Shepherd, an international non-profit with a worldwide presence and a mission to protect all marine animals, widely known from the hit show Whale Wars on Animal Planet and most recently featured in the Netflix documentary Seaspiracy. We talk about how an experience as a child led him toward protecting wildlife, why he founded Sea Shepherd, why Sea Shepherd takes an aggressive approach to protecting the seas, the immense damage of commercial fishing, the wild west nature of the seas despite existing laws, why there is no sustainable commercial fishing operation anywhere in the world, the power of film and media for Sea Shepherd over the years, what projects Sea Shepherd is currently working on around the globe, the power of focusing on what we can do in the present moment, what we can do individually to help the oceans, why nothing gets accomplished without risk, and why if the oceans die we die.
