Paul Watson Quotes

Then, there was Greenpeace, I remember that when they first started out with the boats in the waters, and the guys in the boats between the whales and the boats that will hunting the whales with spear guns.

As an explorer, I know firsthand there are many places in the ocean so full of life that they should be protected. Coral reefs and mangrove coastlines are stressed already by climate change and ocean acidification, and poor planning will just make their plight worse.

There are a number of things everyone can do to help protect whales.

We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.

The film 'The Cove' made people aware of the Japanese slaughter of whales.

The oceans are more or less in disrepair. Long Beach really is making an effort to acknowledge this, and that's a great place to start. I'm trying to spread at least the knowledge that it's never too early to take care of our oceans and our environment.

I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming because of pollution at our local beach. Twenty-five years later, I'm a board member of Oceana, the world's largest international organization dedicated to ocean conservation.

Over the years, I have seen the power of the oceans to excite, feed, and sustain people. I have also seen them undergo a growing onslaught of attacks, from destructive fishing practices to rising acidification.

In Congress, I am focused on the effects of climate change, including ocean acidification and sea-level rise - both of which are threats to healthy oceans that sustain life on- and off-shore.

We commend President Obama and his administration for taking this strong action against Iceland and its barbaric whaling industry... and we urge the President to take similar action against Japan and Norway as well!

Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the future of the sea, for the creatures there, and for us, protecting special critical areas in the ocean.

Ships are expendable; the whales are not.

In December 2012, the U.S. 9th district court granted a temporary injunction to the Japanese whalers that ordered the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society U.S.A. to not approach within 500 yards of the whaling vessels.

I find it abhorrent to see a whale being slaughtered and do nothing but bear witness.

Greenpeace is the world's largest feel-good organisation now, and I can say that 'cause I am one of their co-founders.

Pete Bethune is a hero in New Zealand. He's a hero worldwide to people who want to see the end of whaling.

We need to do a better job of keeping oceans healthy.

It’s all in there. We have harpooned every whale in the ocean.

I've been a member of Greenpeace since I was a teenager.

I want to do everything I can in my own life to protect and preserve the ocean.

We could truly make our oceans clean again.

Environmental activists in the rough Antarctic seas have launched a new tool in the fight to stop a Japanese operation to kill hundreds of whales: remote-controlled drones.

'Cod' was a great story. It let me talk about the environment without putting people to sleep.

Until fishing is properly regulated and contained, we should withdraw our consent. Save your plastic bags by all means, but if you really want to make a difference, stop eating fish.

We must protect our ocean as if our lives depend upon it, because they do.