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The Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1980 and based in Maui, Hawaii, that conducts whale research and educates the public in an effort to save vulnerable species of whales from extinction. As of 2012 the organization had about 150 employees.
Snorkel boats inside Molokini crater. Molokini is a destination for scuba diving, snuba, and snorkeling.Its crescent shape protects divers inside it from waves and the channel's powerful currents, though diving also takes place off the 300-foot (91.5-meter) sheer outer wall.
The depth of the channel reaches 108 feet (33 m), and its width is 8.8 miles (14.2 km). ʻAuʻau channel is a whale-watching center in the Hawaiian Islands. Humpback whales migrate approximately 3,500 miles (5,600 km) from Alaskan waters each autumn and spend the northern hemisphere winter months in the protected waters of the channel.
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The whale, which can weigh 60,000 pounds (27,215 kilograms), typically lives in the northern Pacific Ocean.
It is sponsored by the General Directorate of Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It has been assisted by the Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation, Global Ocean and the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund. [4] The Pacific Whale Foundation provided funding for the 2012 season. [5]
Aerial view of Kaho‘olawe, Molokini, and the Makena side of Maui. In 1976, a group called the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana (PKO) filed suit in U.S. Federal Court to stop the Navy's use of Kahoʻolawe for bombardment training, to require compliance with a number of new environmental laws and to ensure protection of cultural resources on the island.
The establishment of the Maui Ocean Center, the Pacific Whale Foundation’s headquarters and Mā‘alaea Village Shops would transform the quaint village into a must-see visitor attraction. In 1992, President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Oceans Act that established the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.
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