Captain Paul Watson

AWARDS

1979 - Fund for Animals
Award for Outstanding Courage in the field of Animal Protection.

1989 - Honorary Conch.
Honorary citizenship to the Florida Keys.
Presented by Mayor Willamina Harvey.

1990 - CITY TV (Toronto)
Environmentalist of the Year.
Presented by Robert Hunter.

1996 - Honorary Citizenship to the French town of St. Jean Ferrat, France.
Presented by Mayor Rene Vestri.

1996 - Medal of Service from the French town of Ville France sur la Mer, France

1997
September 11, 1997
Honorary citizenship to Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
Presented by Mayor Bill Tierney.

1998
March 28, 1998 - Ark Trust Foundation, Genesis Award
Life Time Achievement Award Captain Paul Watson is recognized for three decades of heroic and effective animal activism. The Award was presented by Martin Sheen and Pierce Brosnan

1999
March 1999
Earth Trustee Award
Presented at the United Nations Building in NYC

June 22, 1999
President George Bush Sr. - "Daily Points of Light" Award

May 2000
Time Magazine - Earth Day 200 Special Award, Heroes of the Planet
Paul Watson named one of the top twenty environmental heroes of the 20th Century.

2001
July 2001
S.P.E.A.K. - Supporting and Promoting Ethics for the Animal Kingdom
Star Award to Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for Outstanding Organization

October 2001
Eco-Link Award
Los Angeles, CA
Outstanding Environmentalist

November 10, 2001 - The Orangutan Foundation
Paul Watson - Conservationist of the Year
Presented by Birute Galdikas

July 2, 2002 - Inducted into The U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame
Washington, D.C.
Paul Watson is inducted into the Animal Rights Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions to animal liberation.

January 2006
The UK newspaper The Independent selects Watson as one of the planet's top ten eco-warriors as reported in their January 23rd article entitled “Defenders of the Earth.”

July 5, 2007

Captain Watson receives the Amazon Peace Prize from Asociacion Latino Americana Para Los Derechos Humanos [The Latin American Association for Human Rights]