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Men working at whaling station, South Africa. The practise of whaling in South Africa gained momentum at the start of the 19th century and ended in 1975. [1] By the mid-1960s, South Africa had depleted their population of fin whales, and subsequently those of sperm and sei whales, and had to resort to hunting the small and less-profitable minke whale. [2]
Gansbaai (Dutch/Afrikaans for "bay of geese," sometimes referred to as Gans Bay) is a fishing town and tourist destination in the Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa. It is known for its dense population of great white sharks and as a whale-watching location.
The Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary MPA is in the Western Cape province in the area enclosed by a line along the coast between the Westcliffe beacon at S34º25.782′, E19º13.768′ and Sopiesklip at S34º27.199′, E19º20.119′, and from Sopiesklip along the coastline to a point north of the Gansbaai north breakwater at S34º34.681′, E19º20.628′, then directly to a point offshore of ...
View of Hermanus and Grotto Beach from Rotary Way. Hermanus (Afrikaans: [ɦærˈmɑːnœs]; [1] originally called Hermanuspietersfontein, but shortened in 1902 as the name was too long for the postal service [2]), is a town on the southern coast of the Western Cape province of South Africa.
A male humpback has completed the longest recorded migration for a whale from South America to Africa. Scientists explain why this journey is so unusual.
He embarks on a journey to Durban, South Africa, accompanied by a specially assembled film and dive crew, as this region is known for regular Great White Shark sightings. Their documentation spans the country's whaling industry, and they trail the former whaling ship, Terrier VIII , which harpoons sperm whales , inadvertently luring in sharks.
Walker Bay is a large bay located in the south-western Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the next major bay between False Bay near Cape Town and Cape Agulhas to the south-east. The bay is famous for having some of the best land based whale-watching in the world, which a town on its shores, Hermanus, has become famous for.
Studies of South African Cetacea with special reference to the sperm whale (Physeter catodon) (1971) Peter Barrington Best FRSSAf (1939 - 22 April 2015) was an English marine biologist known for his research on whales and dolphins of Southern Africa.