they should just get out of there and we won t be there either. larry: thanks for that, laurens. what have you got, fiona? one of the pieces of the ady gil, one of the last remaining pieces. obviously this boat was sunk, sunk after it was rammed into by one of the harpoon boats. nearly killed six men. so anyway, we lost the boat. but, yeah, we didn t have any injuries. larry: do you have the suit you wear? i do. one of the mustang suits. normally in the waters down there it s so frigid that after two or three minutes you d be hype thermic and have no chance of survival. with these you get 20, 30 minut minutes. plenty of time for a recovery. larry: what is that? in front? a net. sea shepherd has been active not only about whales, seals, dolphins and fishing. we just had a campaign in the mediterranean released 800 tuna.
barker is. what is the abigil? two-thirds of the vessel, we named it after him for that reason. larry: do you think, captain swift, about taking risks? absolutely. anytime we get involved with these actions we know what s possible down there. our resolve and passion, our determination to shut down the illegal activities overrides all of that. larry: fiona, do you have a specific duty on the ship? i was rescue swimmer. put up my home. not thinking it was quite a significant accident. i was also a deck hand, with painting and sanding and launching small boats and learned a lot very different from my normal commercial job, that s for sure. larry: laurens, how did you get involved in all of this? i was a former crime investigator for the dutch police. after doing that for three years and before that working five years on the streets, i was getting my specialty became environmental crimes and i got
larry: before we show you some apparatus here on the desk, i want to ask laurens de groot, in morocco, are there rules of the road here? well, both sides, not. we are not out to hurt anyone. that is an important rule that we always stick to. larry: they re not out to hurt you, are they, they just don t want you there, right? correct. we don t even want to be there as well. but, yeah, it s up to japan. they should just get out of there and we won t be there either. larry: thanks for that, laurens. what have you got in front of you there, fiona? one of the pieces of the ady gil, one of the last remaining pieces. obviously this boat was sunk, it sunk shortly after it was rammed into by one of the harpoon boats. very nearly killed six men. so anyway, we lost the boat. but, yeah, we didn t have any injuries. larry: do you have a suit you wear? i do.
larry: how did you get into this, chuck? i worked with a number of different organizations before i heard about sea shepherd and one of the people that knew me the best walked up to me one day with a sea shepherd brochure and said i think you need to know about these guys. the more i research, because i like to know what i m getting involved in, they re passionate, aggressive, with absolutely nonviolent and take all kinds of sometimes, you know, called radical actions for means of enforcing conservation laws and it s an intoxicating mix. how can you not want to be involved in that? i signed up and have been doing it for 20 years. larry: fioma, how many sea shepherders are there? we have 77 individuals from 17 different nations but, look, there are people who go on the boats and people who have worked for us onshore.
it s a volunteer organization. i ve been working for years as a volunteer. larry: you make no living from this? no, i don t. i m living in a hostel at the moment in los angeles. this organization has a completely different structure than the other big environmental organizations. when people give their money, it does go towards the campaigns and the boats not huge office rents and salaries. larry: captain, how did the tv show start, paul? we thought when you look at the largest show on discovery which is the dead last catch i figure these are people going out in the water in rough weather to catch crabs, going down in even rougher weather in a more remote area to save whales had to be even more compelling. larry: good idea. back with more right after this. the lexus golden opportunity sales event. see your lexus dealer. ouch! ow! oops! it s neo to go!® ready. aim. protect. neosporin® gives you infection-protection, and pain relief. neo to go!® plus pain relief.