15 Quotes by Shane Rattenbury

It was disappointing to see so much energy being directed against the protesters instead of the whalers.

It's been a Mexican stand-off in continual bad weather, but today is fine. If your business is hunting whales, today is a good day for it.

That process happened twice, and on the third occasion the Esperanza pulled out of the way because we were starting to get concerned about safety.

Their hunting season goes until the middle of March but we won't go on that long, we'd love to but we can't.

In a world were international public opinion is ignored and where high level diplomatic pressure has failed, Greenpeace hopes that consumers can once and for all demonstrate that there is no profit in whaling.

The Fisheries Agency of Japan, the ICR and the whaling fleet are out of control. The hunt is bankrupt on all counts: scientifically, ecologically, morally and financially. With the market for whale meet in Japan collapsing and stock piles rising, it is clear that the whaling business is bad. Over the coming months we will be calling on consumers world-wide to join us in telling the companies that whaling is bad for business. Not everyone can join us on the high seas to defend the whales but they can join us on the high streets.