Sharkwater Page #5
- They're dragging a shark!
- But they refused and took off.
Now they decided to run from us.
They know that if we take them there...
...they're gonna lose their boat there,
that's pretty sure.
So we're gonna have to go back
and force them back.
We chased them
with water cannons...
...in hopes of flooding
So we can arrest them?
We gonna hit 'em?
Unless people are prepared...
...nothing's really going to change.
But you don't need everybody.
You just simply need
a small percentage.
Five, seven percent
is starting to make a big impact.
Okay, let's get ready.
This is gonna be close.
to follow us into port...
...where we could deliver them
to the authorities.
we got word...
...that Guatemala had sent a gunboat out
to come and arrest us.
The Varadero
had pulled some strings.
With so much money
in the fin industry...
...and much of it
on the black market...
...we knew something
had gone terribly wrong.
Lives have been lost
over shark fins...
...and we had no interest
in battling a Guatemalan gunboat.
So we ditched the Varadero...
...and continued south
to Costa Rica.
The United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization...
...based in Rome,
...the top international body
that deals with fisheries;
...they don't have
any rule-making authority...
...over the international waters.
Guess what? No one does.
So until the countries of the world
come together...
...to create some kind of body
that can actually make rules...
...over the catch limits...
...and conservation
for the deep seas...
...they're not going to be regulated
in any effective way.
It's just basically
a hunting-and-gathering operation...
...and, in fact,
a pure exploitive operation...
...with people just taking
Imagine if you went into the forest
and laid down some kind of trap line...
...that caught, you know,
moose, deer, skunks, porcupines...
...squirrels, dogs...
...you know,
caught all these species...
...when really what you were only after
was one or two...
but you had all these other species...
...that were caught,
or dying or dead.
I mean,
clearly it wouldn't last a day.
I mean, you know...
...nobody could put a trap line down
for 30 miles...
...and throw away half the animals
he or she killed or caught.
for a minute...
...but it's going on out there
Oh
Can't anybody see
we've got a war to fight
Never found our way
Regardless of what they say
How can it feel this wrong
From this moment
How can it feel this wrong
How can it feel
This wrong
From this moment
How can it feel
This wrong
When we got to Costa Rica,
we were all over the news.
The crew of the Varadero,
the illegal shark-fishing boat...
...claimed that we tried to kill them.
Okay.
I don't know what this is, either.
- You know... You know what this?
- I don't know what it is.
- Yeah, uh...
- It's the order.
It's the order of the judge...
...it's the official order
to come on board...
...and to make...
We were charged
with seven counts of attempted murder.
- Crowded in here.
- We do what we normally do...
...and the tapes went to Canada
for processing.
They were after Paul
because he's the captain of the boat...
...and me because I filmed it...
...and they wanted my footage.
Do you have any form
to get your original information...
...since the beginning
of this situation?
Do I have any way to get that?
- Yeah.
- No.
- Someone else got it?
- Someone else has it.
Okay...
Arrest?
Did you ask them?
Can I ask them? Yeah, probably.
What you have to do...
...you have to call them by phone
or what?
- Uh, yeah.
- Could you call them, right now?
- Right now?
- Yeah.
It's important
to get that information.
It's better...
They set the fishing boat free...
...and we were being arrested...
And, uh, we have all of the law,
in all of Costa Rica here...
...talking to us.
They want to see...
They're totally blank,
there's no pictures on them yet.
- You sure they're not in here?
- Yeah.
Not everyone's gonna fit;
...there's about this much room
in the whole room.
It didn't make any sense
why they were arresting us...
...and ignoring the fishing boat.
We were invited here
by the President of the country...
...to protect Cocos
from illegal fishing.
What do you think
they're gonna do?
I have no idea;
I don't think they know
what they're doing.
What kind of weapons
do you have on the boat?
A shotgun.
Can we see them?
Oh, yeah, sure.
There's just one.
Yeah,
but there's one that's...
It wasn't an issue
between two boats anymore.
They were going to stop us
from protecting sharks.
The authorities left us
under house arrest...
...but we had to fight the charges
in court.
Questions
I need to know is, one:
What are the chances
of them seizing the ship...
...and what are the chances
of them arresting me, today?
We were summoned
to the courthouse...
...where we met with Milton,
our lawyer...
...to figure out our options
and try and find a way out of this.
How come everybody's ignoring
that the Varadero...
...one:
Violated Guatemalan law,Costa Rican law...
...and international law,
and we have the evidence on that.
They cannot take sharks
for fins alone...
...they cannot fish
in Guatemalan waters...
...they cannot fish
outside of Costa Rica...
...without a permit.
That's illegal!
Everybody's ignoring that.
Paul's been in this situation before...
...and he knows we're in big trouble
if we don't fight back.
Well, the fact is, if we were
in any Central American country...
...other than Costa Rica,
we wouldn't even try this.
One other thing:
If they have a trial,is it in Puntarenas;
...and if they have a trial,
is it a jury or a judge?
- Three judges.
- Three judges?
- Yes
- Is it in Puntarenas?
Oh, geez,
you don't have a chance there.
But I find it amazing
that the Costa Rican judicial system...
...is coming at us so viciously...
...when what they're defending
is an illegal fishing operation.
And, of course, when you see...
...the number of long-liners
that are operating...
...including Taiwanese long-liners
operating in Costa Rica;
...and the judicial system
in Puntarenas...
...they are certainly not interested
in anything to do with illegal fishing...
...but they seem to be very determined
to stop anybody...
...who's going to interfere
with illegal fishing.
Then I met William...
...a conservationist who believed
that the authorities...
...were being paid out
by the Taiwanese Mafia...
...who ran the shark-fishing business
in Costa Rica.
Finning sharks is illegal
in Costa Rica...
...but huge shipments
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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