‘Legally Pirate’ Paul Watson and his strategy of aggressive non-violence

Captain Paul Watson has been a hero for marine life for many decades now. He was back in the news this month when he announced a mission to thwart Japan’s plan to resume whaling near the continent of Antarctica, and Operation Ice Storm, his plan to prevent the hunting of fin whales by an Icelandic multi-millionaire. One of the founding members and directors of Greenpeace, Watson left the organization in 1977 after a disagreement and...

Paul Watson’s team to stop hunting of fin whales in Iceland

The Captain Paul Watson Foundation is launching Operation Ice Storm from Albert Dock in Yorkshire to oppose Iceland’s last whaling company, Hvalur hf, the organization said in a press release. Paul Watson, co-founder of Greenpeace and founder of Sea Shepherd, has a history of intervening in Icelandic whaling operations. In 1986, members of his group successfully reduced the whaling fleet of Hvalur hf by half. “Time is up for the world’s most notorious hunter of...