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Sea Shepherd's Capt. Paul Watson was greeted by a throng of supporters as stepped off a plane in Friday Harbor, home to the conservation society's headquarters, back in spring 2011

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January 16, 2013 · Updated 12:20 PM 

Click on the link below to read a Jan. 9 article by CNN regarding Watson's resignation and reasons for it.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/08/us/whale-wars-captain-resigns/index.html?iref=allsearch

Read a Journal article about Watson's hero's welcome home in Friday Harbor, headquarters of Sea Shepherd's U.S. operations, in 2011.

http://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/118628464.html

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