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George Norrie with you.

Captain Paul Watson, back with us.

Co-founder of the Greenpeace Foundation and the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

We'll talk about that in a moment.

Paul is currently a director for the Sea Shepherd France, where he is right now,

and the Sea Shepherd Brazil.

He's a writer of children, books as well, poetry books, history books, and books on environment.

His latest work is the only flag worth flying.

Captain Paul Watson back on coast to

coast. Paul, how you doing out there? Well, pretty good. Thank you. You've been in France for a

couple of years now, haven't you? Yes, three years now. That's good. How'd you get interested in

the oceans? Well, I was raised in a fishing village on the east coast of Canada, so it's something

I've spent my entire life around. I ran off to sea at 17 to join the Norwegian merchant

marine, then the Swedish merchant marine, then the Canadian Coast Guard, and then I was a co-founder

of Greenpeace. Good for you. Good for you. Defending the oceans is admirable. Is it difficult?

Oh, it's extremely difficult. We have all the rules and the regulations we need. The problem is

there's a complete lack of enforcement. For instance, last year, in July, the high seas treaty to

protect biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction was ratified, and it is law,

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