Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson is in trouble. The Maltese government has initiated libel proceedings against him. The terrible fault of him? Having denounced, in an interview published in the newspaper New Europe, the involvement of corrupt Maltese politicians in the illegal capture of bluefin tuna. This was announced by Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, responding to a parliamentary question by Jesmond Mugliett.
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Captain Paul Watson di Sea Shepherd is in trouble. The Maltese government has initiated proceedings for defamation against him. The terrible fault of him? Having denounced, in an interview published in the newspaper New Europe, the involvement of corrupt Maltese politicians in the illegal capture of bluefin tuna. This was announced by the Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, in response to a parliamentary question by Jesmond Mugliett.
The alleged collusion with this nefarious catch of a endangered animal they didn't take it very well and gave the off to legal action, unique in its kind as it is promoted by a government. "A government that sues for defamation - commented Captain Watson - is a truly singular case", commented Captain Watson, even more convinced of his complaint. The Maltese would stay pocketing money to turn a blind eye to indiscriminate tuna fishing to store large quantities and to be able to speculate on prices. Watson has proof of that. "What is happening in Malta is that an entire illegal enterprise has been born that enjoys the full support of politicians, who are bribed by these tuna fishermen", explained the Captain in the incriminated interview.
In short, no recognition for the tough guy work of defense of the seas and its inhabitants for the founder of Sea Shepherd. Indeed, it must also undergo a libel procedure by an entire government. A nice way, no doubt about it, for welcome him back from his recent big hit against the Japanese slaughter ship Nisshin Maru which, reached by the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker, has definitively left the hunting grounds. The Japanese fleet, according to Sea Shepherd, left the waters of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary early after a 17.000-mile chase that left very little time to kill the whales.
"Two of the three harpoon ships spent more time chasing the two Sea Shepherd ships than killing these animals," the association explains. For Captain Watson “it was a successful campaign. There are hundreds of whales swimming free in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary that would now have died had we not been there in the past three months. This really makes us very happy “. And we hope that, thanks to the indefatigable and heroic the work of eco-pirates, soon many Mediterranean tuna can swim free, without being wildly and indiscriminately killed, even in the waters of our Mediterranean.
