Good point, its not the Whalers who’s seeking publicity, its Greenpace. Its incident like this they seek. They benefit from this. They have the motive to cause the crash
In fact, considering that the offending parties are attempting to commit genocide by prohibiting whale eating polar people from getting the type of food they need to survive he would be justified in being aggressive toward any survivors ~ firing at them with small caliber weapons if necessary. He certainly doesn't need any of their kind fouling his props.