
Sea Shepherd Captain arrested in Portugal
by Rich AwnFull ABC (Australia) article here.
Green Air Filter
Every good pirate’s got to have warrants out for his arrest in some if not every country. For Paul Watson, co-founder of Greenpeace and founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the heat isn’t from swashbuckling and pillaging trade ships on the high seas but rather his brazen acts of force against illegal whaling operations across the world’s oceans.
Back in 1980, one of Captain Watson’s ships rammed a Portuguese whaling vessel and the legal effects finally seemed to be coming into play – that is, until they realized the warrant expired in 2008. Watson arrived in Madeira for this year’s International Whaling Commission’s 61st Annual Meeting, was greeted and detained by Portuguese police at the airport. After hours of questioning, the police finally realized the warrant had expired and Watson was released. Dodging harpoons is what he’s known for and this near miss ensures the black flag of the Sea Shepherd will fly again.
Hear the Great Captain Paul Watson tell Green Air what the fighting’s for in his own words here.
Photo by Mario Nunes.


