Episode 170: Paul Watson Defending the Southern Ocean with Operation Krill Wars

Episode 170 of The Rewilding Earth Podcast: https://rewilding.org/paul-watson-on-... Captain Paul Watson is a marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist, renowned speaker, accomplished author, and master mariner. Watson was one of the founding members and directors of Greenpeace. In 1977, he left Greenpeace and founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. In 2022, he founded the Captain Paul Watson Foundation. Overview In this episode of the Rewilding Earth Podcast, legendary conservationist Paul Watson discusses his new high-stakes campaign: “Krill Wars.” Watson explains that industrial factory trawlers are currently stripping the Southern Ocean of krill (the foundational food source for whales, penguins, and the phytoplankton responsible for most of the planet’s oxygen) to produce fish meal and supplements. Using his signature strategy of “aggressive non-violence,” Watson’s new foundation is deploying ships to intervene directly against these fleets, citing the High Seas Treaty as a legal basis for protection. Throughout the interview, Watson bridges the gap between micro-ecology and global survival, arguing for a shift from human-centered anthropocentrism to biocentrism, where we recognize ourselves not as masters of the planet but as passengers whose lives depend entirely on the “engineers” of the natural world. Support the Rewilding Earth Podcast here: https://rewilding.org/donate Thank you for listening, liking, and subscribing!