Paul Watson

The only language that the Japanese whaling industry understands is economics.

In Ecuador, if I go after an Ecuadoran, I'm in trouble; if I go after a Costa Rican, I'm a hero.

Sustainable fishing is a fraud. It's a marketing term that really means 'business as usual.'

I'm lucky that I have whatever I had that makes me have a successful career, if you will.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves.