"Then, there was Greenpeace, I remember that when they first started out with the boats in the waters, and the guys in the boats between the whales and the boats that will hunting the whales with spear guns"

Rick Danko's quote is a reference to the environmental organization Greenpeace, which was started in 1971. The company is best recognized for its projects to protect whales from business whaling. In the quote, Danko is describing the early days of Greenpeace when they made use of boats to physically intervene in between whaling ships and the whales they were searching. This was a dangerous and daring mission, as the whaling ships were frequently equipped with spear weapons. The actions of Greenpeace achieved success in raising understanding of the predicament of whales as well as at some point caused the International Whaling Commission's ban on business whaling in 1986. Danko's quote is a testament to the valor as well as devotion of the early Greenpeace protestors that risked their lives to protect whales from the risk of termination.