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The Whaleman Foundation is a non-profit, marine conservation organization based in Lahaina, Hawaii in the United States. It advocates for the protection of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) and their habitats.
Operation Breakthrough was a US-Soviet effort to free three gray whales from pack ice in the Beaufort Sea near Point Barrow in the U.S. state of Alaska in 1988. The whales' plight generated media attention that led to the collaboration of multiple governments and organizations to free them.
The comeback of the humpback is arguably the greatest success story in the history of conservation. New science is putting a value on the life of a whale — and finding they provide much more ...
Instead of the average 10 to 30 whales historically claimed in one year, after 1955 the quota rose to nearly 200 gray whales and international observers were not permitted. [37] [44] On August 9, 1981, Paul Watson led a new crew, aboard the Sea Shepherd II, from Nome, Alaska into the territorial waters of the Soviet Union. When the activists ...
Supporters say tighter rules on boating are badly needed to save a species of whale that is threatened with extinction. Only 350 North Atlantic right whales are known to exist in the world.
These provide the conflict or challenge in the game, and make it progressively more difficult for the players. For example, in Save the Whales, players work together to protect whales from the challenges inherent in the game setting—radioactive waste, commercial whaling, etc. [24]
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Ocean Alliance was founded in 1971 by whale biologist Roger Payne, with the purpose of saving the great whales from the extinction risk posed by commercial whaling.Payne, along with colleague Scott McVay discovered that humpback whales sing songs, [3] which made him an influential figure in the worldwide campaign to end commercial whaling.