The LA Times recently caught up with Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson (we’ve been seeing interviews with ‘the captain’ all over the place, so the media blitz is obviously on) and of particular focus was the vegan nosh served on board the S.S. Steve Irwin during campaigns. “I run my ship as a vegan vessel,” says Watson. “It’s not for animal rights reasons but to set an example and to try and get people to think about the connection between what they eat and what we’re doing to the oceans, because it’s quite simple, really.”

The Steve Irwin’s main chef is Laura Dakin, who Watson regards as a great vegan cook. “People think we’re some wacky animal-rights group,” he adds. “We’re not. We’re a conservation organization but what we’re saying is, look, we’ve got to be very aware of what we eat if you’re going to call yourself an environmentalist or a conservationist.”