CAUGHT
37:07 — 2022
On average, 10,000 dolphins are slaughtered every year by unregulated commercial fishing on France’s Atlantic coast in the Bay of Biscay – twice as many as all other countries combined. Sea Shepherd France and the crew of the M/Y Age of Union are on the front lines, fighting to expose deadly fishing methods to get the government’s attention in any way possible.
CAUGHT reveals the shocking consequences of excess consumerism, depleting oceanic ecosystems, while marine life are killed in massive fishing nets. These harmful practices would never be allowed on land where the public could see, and yet, there is still a lack of economic and political will to enforce marine laws and regulations.
Through a raw, unfiltered look at boots-on-the-ground activism, the film pinpoints potential catastrophic ripple effects of overfishing, jeopardizing sustainability for all life on earth in the foreseeable future. There is, however, hope for protecting and restoring critically threatened oceans before it’s too late.
In the case of dolphins, fishing isn’t illegal, which is the problem. We have to change the regulations.
The change makers
Captain Paul Watson
Founder
United States
Captain Paul Watson was born in Canada and is a marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist. Watson majored in communications and linguistics at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. Watson was one of the founding members and directors of Greenpeace. In 1977, he left Greenpeace and founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation activism. A renowned speaker, accomplished author, master mariner, and lifelong environmentalist, Captain Watson has been awarded many honors for his dedication to the oceans and to the planet. Among many commendations for his work, he received the Genesis Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1998, was named as one of the Top 20 Environmental Heroes of the 20th Century by Time Magazine in 2000 and was inducted into the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame in Washington D.C. in 2002. He was also awarded the Amazon Peace Prize by the president of Ecuador in 2007. In 2012, Captain Watson became only the second person after Captain Jacques Cousteau to be awarded the Jules Verne Award, dedicated to environmentalists and adventurers. Currently, Watson is a registered speaker with the Jodi Solomon Speakers Bureau of Boston, and regularly gives presentations at colleges and universities in the United States and at special events throughout world.
Dax Dasilva
Founder
Dax Dasilva is the Founder of Age of Union and Founder and Executive Chair of tech company Lightspeed Commerce. He was the author of the Age of Union book published in 2019 and began the Age of Union environmental conservation alliance in 2021.
Lamya Essemlali
President of Sea Shepherd France
France
Lamya Essemlali is a French environmental activist of Moroccan origin. She's the president of Sea Shepherd France and the campaign coordinator for Sea Shepherd Global. She has a Master’s degree in Environmental Sciences and an associate degree in Business Communications. At a conference in Paris in 2005, she meets Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd. In 2006, both of them founded Sea Shepherd France, and she became the President of the association in 2008. She has led several campaigns for Sea Shepherd Global in the Mediterranean Sea, the Faroe Islands, and the Indian Ocean to defend bluefin tuna, dolphins, whales, and sharks.
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