The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to the sharks have had their behavior, their speed, their camouflage, their defense mechanisms molded by the shark.
If we wipe out the fish, the oceans are going to die. If the oceans die, we die. We can't live on this planet with a dead ocean.
Putting Zodiacs in front of whaling vessels doesn't do it anymore. Done that, been there, seen that.
The only language that the Japanese whaling industry understands is economics.
Pete Bethune is a hero in New Zealand. He's a hero worldwide to people who want to see the end of whaling.
Ships are expendable; the whales are not.
