Paul Watson

Captain Paul Watson is a Canadian-American marine conservation activist who founded the direct action group the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977 and was more recently featured in Animal Planet’s popular television series 'Whale Wars' and the documentary about his life, 'Watson'. 

Sea Shepherd’s mission is to protect all ocean-dwelling marine life. Watson has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books, including Death of a Whale: The Challenge of Anti-Whaling Activists and Indigenous Rights, Urgent!: Save Our Ocean To Survive Climate Change, Orcapedia: A Guide to the Victims of the International Orca Slave Trade, Dealing with Climate Change and Stress, The Haunted Mariner and Captain Paul Watson: Interview with a Pirate.