The fact is, Japan's whaling is illegal, so just because there is a natural disaster in Japan is no reason for us to stop opposing their illegal activities in the Southern Ocean.
Ecoterrorism is terrorism against the environment.
Dutch prisons are probably the most civilized you're going to find anywhere in the world.
The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war.
I have an unexplainable belief that I will never cause harm or be harmed while at sea. Because of this, I feel secure at sea: I feel secure in the ice, I feel secure in the storms, and I feel secure in confrontations.
Whales are killed today to supply the limited demand for whale meat or to be used in pet foods or as fodder for fur-bearing animals used in the fur trade.
I don't have a religion, but I respect them.
I have known Farley Mowat all of my life, from reading his books as a child to becoming a close friend of his over the last three decades.
Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion.
Immigration is one of the leading contributors to population growth.
When I hear so-called professional journalists ask why we have celebrities speak for us and for the animals, the environment or social causes, I marvel at their denial of the rules of their own trade.
Usually, environmental programs are not designed for a mainstream audience.
Taiwan gives a lot of foreign aid to Costa Rica, so it looks like they are basically buying the right to fish, even though it's not legal.
Documentaries make a difference.
I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.
There are many who condemn my crew and I for taking the law into our own hands and for taking on the barons of corporate profit.
Commercial fishermen are the greediest, stupidest people on earth.
Sea Shepherd does not condone, nor do we practise, violence.
I don't think you really have to retire from what you do.
Spermaceti oil is valued for its high resistance to heat, and thus it is used in machinery where there is excessive heat.
Nobody can legitimately claim to be a marine ecologist and conservationist while continuing to eat fish. It is the ultimate form of hypocrisy.
The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade retaliation from Japan.
If we wipe out the fish, the oceans are going to die. If the oceans die, we die. We can't live on this planet with a dead ocean.
I'm never horrible to anybody. My problem, and you can ask any of my friends, is that I'm too nice to everybody.
The only language that the Japanese whaling industry understands is economics.
