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There is a lack of economic and political motivation to defend life in the oceans. The profit is made by companies exploiting the oceans and they have the money to buy the politicians who make the laws.

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Paul Watson
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 2
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City of Toronto
Paul Franklin Watson
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