The controversial founder of a marine conservation activist group has applied for political asylum in France to avoid a trial ...

Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson has applied for French nationality as he fights a Japanese attempt to have him extradited ...

Japan has placed founder Paul Watson on an international wanted list on suspicion of obstructing the country's research ...

The defender of the oceans is still in detention in Greenland pending a decision on his extradition to Japan, the Nuuk court ...

Watson, a master mariner, was one of the founding members of Greenpeace. He went on to create Sea Shepherd and then the ...