The Cove

I spend most of my time 449 00:26:58,872 --> 00:27:03,809 trying to keep from getting arrested on bogus charges. 450 00:27:03,877 --> 00:27:05,242 They spend most of their time 451 00:27:05,311 --> 00:27:07,575 trying to arrest us on bogus charges 452 00:27:07,647 --> 00:27:09,615 and get us out of the game. 453 00:27:11,718 --> 00:27:15,586 In 2003, I sent a crew to Taiji. 454 00:27:15,655 --> 00:27:17,953 Their objective was to just get evidence to film 455 00:27:18,024 --> 00:27:20,015 and see what's going on there. 456 00:27:20,093 --> 00:27:22,061 They got into the water and cut the nets 457 00:27:22,128 --> 00:27:24,221 and released some pilot whales and dolphins 458 00:27:24,297 --> 00:27:26,595 and were immediately arrested for that. 459 00:27:26,666 --> 00:27:28,293 Come on! 460 00:27:28,368 --> 00:27:29,665 That actually worked out 461 00:27:29,736 --> 00:27:31,033 to show that we were determined 462 00:27:31,104 --> 00:27:32,628 to protect the lives of these animals, 463 00:27:32,706 --> 00:27:35,072 but of course it made it very difficult to return. 464 00:27:38,778 --> 00:27:41,269 In 2007, when I wanted to do something 465 00:27:41,347 --> 00:27:43,110 to expose the issue, 466 00:27:43,183 --> 00:27:44,343 I was shocked 467 00:27:44,417 --> 00:27:46,612 that I was the only surfer in my surfing community 468 00:27:46,686 --> 00:27:48,017 that knew about this, 469 00:27:48,088 --> 00:27:50,716 so Hayden Panettiere, Isabel Lucas, 470 00:27:50,790 --> 00:27:52,621 we all connected, and we made the decision, 471 00:27:52,692 --> 00:27:54,284 okay, we're going to paddle out. 472 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:56,055 No one's going to be aggressive. 473 00:27:56,129 --> 00:27:59,462 And they got really fired up. 474 00:28:01,367 --> 00:28:02,698 We had to pull the pin. 475 00:28:02,769 --> 00:28:04,066 There was nothing we could do, 476 00:28:04,137 --> 00:28:06,264 nothing more we could do in that scenario. 477 00:28:14,547 --> 00:28:17,311 You see, this is like a cat and mouse game. 478 00:28:17,383 --> 00:28:18,543 Those particular activists, 479 00:28:18,618 --> 00:28:21,519 they were arrested right here in this very spot. 480 00:28:21,588 --> 00:28:23,146 Now they can never come back. 481 00:28:23,223 --> 00:28:24,690 They're out of the game. 482 00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:28,857 My heart went out to them. 483 00:28:28,928 --> 00:28:31,158 <i>I watched Flipper as a child.</i> 484 00:28:31,231 --> 00:28:33,131 <i>I grew to love the oceans partly because of Flipper.</i> 485 00:28:33,199 --> 00:28:34,928 We are going to stop this. 486 00:28:35,001 --> 00:28:36,901 We're going to stop this. 487 00:28:36,970 --> 00:28:39,461 And here's the guy that started it all. 488 00:28:39,539 --> 00:28:41,769 He's trying to rectify this huge problem, 489 00:28:41,841 --> 00:28:43,832 but he can't find anybody to help him. 490 00:28:45,044 --> 00:28:47,979 If we could just get in there, we can stop this. 491 00:28:51,518 --> 00:28:54,419 The first guy I called was my buddy Charles Hambleton. 492 00:28:54,487 --> 00:28:56,614 He's a adrenaline junkie. 493 00:28:56,689 --> 00:28:58,748 <i>He's been sail master on The Pirates of the Caribbean.</i> 494 00:28:58,825 --> 00:29:01,385 He's traveled all over the world on photo assignments. 495 00:29:01,461 --> 00:29:03,292 He's the guy that has a heart of gold 496 00:29:03,363 --> 00:29:05,354 and nerves of steel. He'll do anything. 497 00:29:08,301 --> 00:29:11,464 I remember distinctly a phone call 498 00:29:11,538 --> 00:29:13,836 saying I needed to be in Japan. 499 00:29:15,074 --> 00:29:17,201 We stepped off the train in Taiji, 500 00:29:17,277 --> 00:29:19,802 and we were immediately met by Ric O'Barry, 501 00:29:19,879 --> 00:29:21,938 along with the police. 502 00:29:22,015 --> 00:29:23,414 I'm not entirely sure 503 00:29:23,483 --> 00:29:25,542 Louis knew what he was getting himself into. 504 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:28,519 On our initial trip to Japan, 505 00:29:28,588 --> 00:29:31,921 we had a formal meeting in the town mayor's office 506 00:29:31,991 --> 00:29:33,288 with the fishing union 507 00:29:33,359 --> 00:29:35,554 and with all the proper authorities. 508 00:29:35,628 --> 00:29:39,530 We spent seven hours trying to negotiate an arrangement 509 00:29:39,599 --> 00:29:41,294 where we would try to be respectful of their side. 510 00:29:41,367 --> 00:29:44,461 That was the point to me, is get both sides. 511 00:29:44,537 --> 00:29:48,974 And we started to realize that they were hiding something. 512 00:29:49,042 --> 00:29:51,340 You have to get permission to get a permit 513 00:29:51,411 --> 00:29:52,673 to get permission to do... 514 00:29:52,745 --> 00:29:56,237 and nobody wants to do anything without permission. 515 00:29:56,316 --> 00:29