Death of a Whale: The Challenge of Anti-Whaling Activists and Indigenous Rights

Captain Paul Watson is a Canadian/American marine conservation environmentalist. A direct descendent of Chief Henri Membertou (1490-1560) of the Mi?kmaq First Nations, Captain Watson was born in Toronto and raised in the fishing community of St. Andrews-by-The Sea, New Brunswick. One of the founding members and directors of Greenpeace, in 1977 he left Greenpeace and founded Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. He later became familiar to the public through Animal Planet?s television show Whale Wars. he has received the Genesis Award for Lifetime Achievement; was named one of the top 20 Environmental Heroes of the 20th Century by Time Magazine; inducted into the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame in Washington D.C.; and awarded the Amazon Peace Prize by the president of Ecuador. In 2012 he became only the second person after Captain Jacques Cousteau to be awarded the Jules Verne Award which dedicated to environmentalists and adventurers. In 2019 he was awarded a commendation from Governor Ned Lamont from the State of Connecticut for ?50 years as an environmental conservation activist.? He is the author or coauthor of over a dozen books on his life as an activist, the environment, and Sea Shepherd?s numerous campaigns to defend marine wildlife. His most recent release coauthored with Tiffany Humphrey is Orcapedia: A Guide to the Victims of the International Orca Slave Trade (GroundSwell Books, 2020).