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2. Whale watching - Wikipedia

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   Principal whale watching activities are done in Samaná Bay in the Dominican Republic, a known breeding ground for humpbacks. Caribwhale and the Caribbean Whale Watch Association include operators engaged in sustainable whale watching activity, as well as experts, conservationists and research groups, such as the International Fund for Animal ...

3. Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

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   Commercial operations feature whale watching, sportfishing, parasailing and snorkeling, while commercial fishing, cruise ships and commercial shipping transit the same area. One of the sanctuary's main purposes is to find ways to conduct these activities that have minimal impact on humpback whales and their habitat. [4]

4. History of whaling - Wikipedia

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   Once a whale was sighted, rowing boats were sent from the shore. If the whale was successfully killed it was towed ashore, flensed (i.e., the blubber was cut off), and the blubber boiled in cauldrons known as "try pots". Even when whales were caught far offshore, the blubber was still boiled on shore well into the 18th century.

5. Whaling - Wikipedia

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   Dominoes made from whale bones Whales caught, by year, including corrected USSR totals; source has data by species; totals are shown on a logarithmic scale. The World Wide Fund for Nature says that 90% of all northern right whales killed by human activities are from ship collisions, calling for restrictions on the movement of shipping in ...

6. North Atlantic right whale - Wikipedia

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   Curious whale lifting head, showing distinctive callosities to observers on boats. Breaching. Either land based or organized whale watching activities are available along east coasts from Canada in north to Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida to south. Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary has also been designated for watching this species.

7. Whale conservation - Wikipedia

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   Whale conservation refers to the critical global effort aimed at protecting and preserving whale populations that have been historically threatened by human activities, particularly whaling. The ongoing conservation efforts involve complex debates surrounding whale protection, including discussions about scientific research, cultural practices ...

8. Whaling on the Pacific Northwest Coast - Wikipedia

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   Grey and humpback whales made up the majority of whales hunted along Pacific Northwest coast. [21] Well adapted to the natural environment, pre-contact whaling people's obtained three-quarters of their meat and oil from whales. [22] [1] Whale oil was extremely high in nutrients and was extracted from the blubber, as well as, the bones.

9. Whale - Wikipedia

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   Whales are fully aquatic, open-ocean animals: they can feed, mate, give birth, suckle and raise their young at sea. Whales range in size from the 2.6 metres (8.5 ft) and 135 kilograms (298 lb) dwarf sperm whale to the 29.9 metres (98 ft) and 190 tonnes (210 short tons) blue whale, which is the