Captain Paul Watson receives Jules Verne Award

On October 10, 2012 at the Grand Rex cinema in Paris, Paul WATSON, president of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, received the Jules Verne prize in the category of adventurers and protector of the environment. He is the 2nd person to be honored with such a prize after Commander Cousteau.

Unable to come to collect his prize, it is the French president of Sea Shepherd Lamya Essemlali who received it in her place in the company of the American actor Richard Dean Anderson, support and friend personnel Captain Paul Watson